Former Idukki bishop alleges death threat

THODUPUZHA: Former Idukki bishop Kuriakose Mar Cleemis alleged death threat from the Jacobite Sabha. Talking to a private channel, he said a team led by Catholica Bava of the Jacobite Sabha, were behind the incident. Cleemis was recently removed from his post following allegations that he incurred financial liabilities for the sabha.


Cleemis said goons entered his room at the Patriarch’s centre and tried to kill him and his aides. He said they are also leveling baseless allegations involving him with two nuns of the sabha. Bava is angry with him for giving protection to the nuns after they were expelled from the sabha. I had to give an amount of Rs 3 crores for consecrating me as a bishop, he said.


Meantime the Jacobite Syrian Sabha has pooh-poohed the allegations of Cleemis. They said Cleemis was temporarily removed from the post after he incurred financial liabilities for the sabha.