Police fail to handle the awful truth of sex abuse in Church
Unmesh Gujarathi
Sprouts Exclusive
Navi Mumbai seems to be a flash point of church abuse. The shocking reports of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest of minor girls are a deplorable truth about the rot that exists within the religious institution.
In a bizarre case of an unholy service in the name of service to mankind, 50-years old Pastor Rajkumar Yesudasan has been accused of running unauthorised children’s home at Seawoods in Navi Mumbai and sexually exploiting minor girls.
It’s a glaring lapse on the part of the police department and the charity commission who seem to be hand in glove with Pastor Yesudasan to cover up his organised sex racket.
All these illegal activities were going on with the tacit understanding between the police, officials of NNMC and the charity commissioner.
According to the findings of the Special investigation Team of Sprouts, the sex racket has been going unabated since last several years, thanks to the high-handedness of the trustees and the police department who remain mute spectators to apparently shield the rogue Pastor.
The Seawoods locality in Navi Mumbai is mostly inhabited by NIRs. The Bethel Gospel Charitable Trust is one of the illegally running churches in the area. Besides, a children’s home is also being run unauthorisedly for the past 5-6 years.
Pastor Yesudasan is the key clergy of this church who has been sexually exploiting minor girls. The modus operandi in the case was that Pastor Yesudasan rubbed oil and Vicks Vaporab on the bodies of these girls and also drugged and incapacitated them before sexually exploiting.
Till date three girls have lodged complaints against Pastor Yesudasan, and one had to undergo abortion. Based on the complaints, Pastor Yesudasan was arrested by the Navi Mumbai police. His son was also booked on charges of video shooting inside the custody where his father (Pastor Yesudasan) is lodged.
Ironically, it’s over one month since the case was lodged, but other accused including the trustees of the church are roaming scot-free, thanks to the blessings of the high and mighty in the system.
The inquiry will unearth a can of worms and reveal the number of appalling sexual exploitations of minor girls perpetrated by Pastor Yesudasan and the trustees so far. It will also put the spotlight on the mysterious exodus of minor girls from the ‘unholy’ children’s home in the last couple of few years.
Police records revealed that Pastor Yesudasan and the trustees have been running unauthorized children’s homes and sexually exploiting young girls. Yet the charity commissioner is yet to cancel the trust registration or black-list it. The officers of the charity commissioner and the trustees are in collusion and have underhand deals, alleged several locals while speaking to Sprouts.
“The role of the police is quite leery. We have demanded that an inquiry be held against all illegal hostels, schools and children’s homes run by the Bethel Gospel Charitable Trust,”.
Sagar Chopdar,
Hindu Janjagruti Samiti
