The 35-year-old Christian priest Father Thomas Parekkulam, a member of Chennai-based SDM minor seminary, was found guilty of sexually abusing four minor boys who were the students of a seminary in Pullamala in the district wherein the accused was serving as a rector

“Hindus are Satans. You will only get misery if you do not pray to Jesus. One must use a Bible while praying if they wish to be successful in life,” is what a 14-year-old girl was told during one of her school classes

The Christian teacher abused the Hindu deities and asked the students to kneel and join their hands to pray to the Christian god

Sexual abuse has become an everyday affair in Christian schools with a rise in such incidents. What is worrying is that many of them happen in government-aided schools which if not directly, makes the government responsible, as well.