I celebrated X-mas on Dec 22, 23: Sister Kalappura

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 25 : Sister Lucy Kalappura of Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) on Friday said that she had celebrated her Christmas on December 22 and 23.
Kalappura was in the news after she took part in a protest in Kerala’s Ernakulam district against former bishop of Jalandhar Father Franco Mulakkal in connection with a rape case.
The FCC later took action against Kalappura for leading a life which was “against the principles of leading a religious life”. However the Congregation had to withdraw all the action taken against her after the followers of the church in Wayanad district came out in protest against the action.
The Sister who is a teacher at Mananthavady in Wayanad told IANS: “After a legal struggle of 28 years, our Sister Abhaya got justice. Two persons who had committed Abhaya’s murder were masquerading as a priest and a nun among us all these years. This is a great moment for millions of Christians who had prayed for the Sister to get justice and and hence I had my Christmas celebrations on December 22 and 23.” More voices are coming out from the Catholic church against Father Thomas Kottoor and Sister Sephy, the convicts in Sister Abhaya murder case who are in jail serving a sentence of life imprisonment.
George Joseph, Secretary, Kerala Catholic Church Reformation Movement (KCRM) said that there is a drastic fall in the number of girls opting to become nuns.