Lissy Vadakkel TOSF is an Indian religious sister of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation.
In June 1989 Vadakkel was one of four sisters to establish a Catholic school at the Alphonsa Convent in Ramakrishnapur for children of employees at the Singreni Collieries Company. [1]
Vadakkel testified in 2018 as a key witness in the rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar. [2] [3] After testifying, Vadakkel was confined in a guest house in Muvattupuzha. [4] In February 2019 Sister Alphonsa Abraham, superior of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation's Nirmala Province, and three of her deputies were charged by Kerala police for wrongful confinement of Vadakkel. [5] [6] [7] [8] In April 2019 she became the first person in India to receive government protection as a "Group A witness" under a new law to protect witnesses in sensitive court cases. The protection was ordered on April 9 by the district judge of Kottayam. [9]
Lissy Vadakkel TOSF is an Indian religious sister of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation.
In June 1989 Vadakkel was one of four sisters to establish a Catholic school at the Alphonsa Convent in Ramakrishnapur for children of employees at the Singreni Collieries Company. [1]
Vadakkel testified in 2018 as a key witness in the rape case against Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar. [2] [3] After testifying, Vadakkel was confined in a guest house in Muvattupuzha. [4] In February 2019 Sister Alphonsa Abraham, superior of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation's Nirmala Province, and three of her deputies were charged by Kerala police for wrongful confinement of Vadakkel. [5] [6] [7] [8] In April 2019 she became the first person in India to receive government protection as a "Group A witness" under a new law to protect witnesses in sensitive court cases. The protection was ordered on April 9 by the district judge of Kottayam. [9]