Lissy Vadakkel is an Indian
religious sister
A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr.) in the Catholic Church is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works, as distinguished from a nun who lives a cloistered monastic life dedicated to prayer and ...
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.
Vadakkel testified in 2018 as a key witness in the rape case against Bishop
Franco Mulakkal of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalandhar. After testifying, Vadakkel was confined in a guest house in
Muvattupuzha
Muvattupuzha () is a Municipalities of Kerala, municipalityhttps://lsgkerala.gov.in/system/files/2017-10/localbodies.pdf in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. It is located east of the district headquarters in Thrikkakara and a ...
. In February 2019 Sister Alphonsa Abraham, superior of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation's Nirmala Province, and three of her deputies were charged by
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
police for wrongful confinement of Vadakkel. 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
Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...
.
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Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Founders of Indian schools and colleges
20th-century Indian Roman Catholic nuns
Members of the Third Order of Saint Francis
Rape in India
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Indian Roman Catholic nuns