INDIA
The Times of India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Catholic priest accused of child abuse while in the US is allegedly living a quiet life in Kerala's Kottayam district. Jacob Vellian has been accused by a woman of sexual abuse 26 years ago when she was a minor. He was then on a temporary assignment in the diocese of Kalamazoo in Youngstown city in Ohio. Vellian is currently staying in a seminary in Kaduthuruthi, sources said. The victim filed a complaint recently after undergoing a "trauma recovery programme".
The church in Kerala and the police claimed they had no knowledge of the case or subsequent developments. "As of now we don't have any information. Paedophilia is a serious offence and authorities there would surely have notified us if they had any suspicion," said ADGP (Intelligence) A Hemachandran.