In an effort to stop growing sexual crimes involving priests in the state, a Catholic Reformation Movement was organized by a group of Christians in Kerala, demanding that nuns should be allowed to hear confession for women and minor girls, not priests.

Efforts have been made to persuade the Catholic church in India to take steps against the clergy who have been accused of sexually abusing women. While this development is taking its own slow process and time, Catholic women have come together address this issue themselves. An NGO Streevani [voice of women] along with Satyashodak [seekers […]