Sunday, August 31, 2008

Double face of Church in Orissa

July 24, 2004: Christian people had thrown egg at Lord Jagannath on
Rath Yatra at Osagumunda village in Nawarangpur district. Eight eggs
were thrown on the chariot.

July 28, 2007: Two Nun including Prema and Merry of Baghamara Catholic
Church in Baripada arrested for torturing students of Bijay Sadan High
School.

October 23, 2006: Principal of Bhubaneswar based Christian Charitable
run Loyala School had been transferred on allegation of  misbehave to
a Class-IX student.

July 1, 2005: Two students killed after consuming poisoned food in
Singarmunda Mission UP School hostel in Sundargarh district. Two
students were Gagori Lakra( Class-VII) and Prasant Kujuru( Class-V).

September 30, 2003: Christian people have encroached lands of locals
at Kurada village in Deogarh.

February 19, 2005:  A girl Jyotrimayee was kidnapped and killed after
she denied to change her religion in Dhenkanal district.

November 24, 2003: A nun was arrested on allegation on human
trafficking in Deogarh district. In this case, a Nun called Meena had
promised a job to Manujla and taken her to Mumbai. But in stead of
job, the Nun tortured Manjula.

July 14, 2008: 120 children rescued after 23 days in Rayagada. A
Church run NGO called Keradi and its director Ranjan Sobhanayak had
promised the children to provide education at Ashok Kalyan Mandap in
Rayagada. Gadanayak took Rs 2,500 from each child. When it probed that
it was racket, police took action against the concerned authorities.

July 1, 2004: 5 students in a Church run Boy Home in Keonjhar have
alleged that the authorities torturing them and forcing them to work
in hazardous conditions.

August 18, 2008: In a tragic incident, two students of Anand Niketan
schools at Lamatapur Block in the district met a watery grave in the
Kolab reservoir during a swimming competition hosted by a Church run
School. According to police, the school was conducting a swimming
competition in which 15 students had participated.

However, while 13 of them swam ashore, two other Samuel Moharia (12)
and Mohammad Abu Bachar (14) drowned in the reservoir. By the time the
locals rescued them, they were already dead. Sources said swimming
competition was held as part of a conversion programee of the Church.

January 28, 2008: Church people have physically and mentally tortured
inmates of an Orphanage at Talpadartirka village in Bargarh district.
The church people also sexually abuse one inmates named Rukmani
Hembrum( 10). Protesting over such nexus of Church people, locals had
blocked roads and demanded a high level probe.  They had demanded to
arrest Church men including Simarpana Lima and Anargala Lima.

February 19, 2004: Hindu Parents mentally tortured in Orissa.
Christian organisations in Orissa once again resorted to vitriol
against Hindus and Hindu organisations for forcefully converting their
people to Hinduism. This time Kinnimul village of Jagatsingghpur
district is in focus. Eight persons including seven women were
forcefully tonsured by Hindus in the village alleged Christian
organisations seeking even intervention of Orissa Governor M.M.
Rajendran.

These eight tonsured people were paraded before press and electronic
media in a Church premise at Bhubaneswar and were made to allege that
their intolerant Hindu neighbourers tonsured them in their bid to
convert them to Hindu religion.

However an on the spot investigation did not find any attempt for
forceful conversion of Christians to Hindu fold. Rather found helpless
parents shedding tears as missionaries took away their young daughters
and even minor children converted them to Christianity and instigated
them to defy the old cultural moorings of their society. Niranjan Bhoi
of Kinnimul village is helpless. His two daughters Mamata (20) and
Narmada (18) have left their house and are not coming back. The
reason, Christians have distanced these girls from their family and
are even up against their father looking for their marriages.

"My husband is mentally retarded and I see my future in my only son
Sujit (18)", said Amitarani Jena of the same village with a choked
voice. Mrs. Jena said that Christians have taken away her son and She
is even not aware of his whereabouts. Mrs. Jena said that She has
heard from her Christian neighbourers that Sujit is being given
training in a Church at Bhubaneswar. "I am helpless" said She pleading
before Christians to send back her son to the family fold.

Santosh Kumar Jena (14) a student of class IX with Bible in hand has
all innocence to tell that he has been provided with bags of
literature from local Christians. He has been urged to defy his
parents to come to Church as that could fetch him money and good
employment in future.

With rising consciousness among Hindus in the village, few people
earlier converted to Christianity changed over to their original
faith. Bothered over the development mandarins of Church brought eight
people, tonsured them and produced before press to win sympathy,
alleged Mr. Sahu.

January 18, 2006: Church people beaten a woman at Matiapada village in
Sahupada Panchayat of Bari block in Jajpur district, after the woman
refused to embrace Christianity. Police arrested Guna Mallick,
Kulamani, Tinkana, Ramesh and Gandharba for assaulting the woman.

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