: Even though the 71-year-old nun has forgiven the rapists, the authorities must ensure that justice prevails, the head of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, said on Wednesday.
Cardinal Cleemis visited the Convent of Jesus and Mary High School at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal where the alleged incident occurred on March 14 and also the met the nun who is admitted to a State-run hospital there.
“The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, would like to request the authorities to ensure justice is delivered,” he said.
The Cardinal, who also met Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee later in the day, welcomed her decision to order a probe by the CBI in the incident.
“The CM has ordered a CBI probe and we are satisfied. We hope for the best,” he told journalists at the State Secretariat.
Though the rape of the elderly nun has triggered nationwide outrage, with the Prime Minister’s office and the National Human Rights Commission seeking report from the State, there have been no arrests in the case so far.
