NEW DELHI: The Vatican has rejected the second appeal filed by a Kerala nun against the decision of Franciscan Clarist Congregation to expel her for “failing” to provide explanation for her lifestyle, which allegedly violated church rules, sources close to the nun claimed on Sunday.

A few months ago, the Congregation for the Oriental Churches in Vatican had dismissed Sister Lucy Kalappura’s first appeal challenging her expulsion. She filed the second appeal with the Vatican alleging that the ‘disciplinary action’ was taken for participating in protests by a group of nuns seeking arrest of a bishop accused of raping a fellow nun. “The sister has received a communication in Latin from Vatican saying that the appeal was rejected,” George Moolechalil of “Justice for Sister Lucy,” a social media platform supporting the nun said.

