In a major setback in the rape case involving a Catholic priest in Kerala, the first prosecution witness, the petitioner has turned hostile in the court.

On the first day of the trial in the Thalassery Additional district sessions court on Wednesday, the girl contradicted her earlier statement and said that she was not raped by Father Robin Vadakkumchery and they had consensual sex. She also told the court that the suspended priest was the father of her child and she wants to have a family life with him.

AFP/FILE

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