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Article: Attack on nuns protested across India.(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- October 14, 1998
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All Roman Catholic schools and institutions in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have been closed to protest the rape of four nuns in the rural district of Jhabua. Many organizations across India are also planning protests, rallies and public meetings to express their concern and their solidarity with the victims.
About 2 A.M. on September 23 the nuns, belonging to an order that provides medical care to rural areas, were taken from their convent in the village of Nawapada to fields nearby, where 20 men assaulted them. The nuns, all under 35 and all from Pondicherry in southern India, are receiving medical treatment and counseling. The home minister of ...