Savio Rodriguez and Joseph Kennedy, founders of the Hail Mary movement, have written to PM Narendra Modi to address incidents of sexual abuses in church. (File Photo)

Hail Mary movement on Monday submitted a petition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding sexual abuse cases in Church.

Savio Rodriguez and Joseph Kennedy, founders of the Hail Mary movement, have written to PM Narendra Modi to address incidents of sexual abuses in church.

They requested PM Narendra Modi not to let churches investigate churches or have an internal investigation in cases of sexual abuse in churches.

They have asked PM Narendra Modi to "set up a system to ensure direct law enforcement agencies to take up the sexual abuse cases" in churches.

Earlier, Hail Mary campaigned rigorously for justice in the Franco Mulakkal case in Kerala and Alphonse Aind case in Jharkhand.

The duo -- Savio Rodriguez and Joseph Kennedy -- believe that few of the churches are involved in covering up for the clergy which involved pastors, priests, Bishops and Cardinals. They also believe that the cover up is happening globally.

They also believe the church puts pressure on the survivors and the families to change the narrative of sexual abuse incidents in order to cover up the cases.

They have urged PM Narendra Modi to immediately look into the matter and to "create a transparent and centralised system to encourage sexual abuse reporting".

Other demands included to initiate dialogue with the Vatican embassy in India, Apostolic nuncio, Indian ambassador to the Vatican and Christian denominations to apprise them in the situation and to impress upon the Catholic Church in India to set up a mechanism for the laity to report cases to government NGOs.