The Kerala Police arrested Father Basil Kuriyakose, the Principal of Kings David International School, for allegedly subjecting a 10-year-old boy to unnatural sex.

After the kid disclosed the incident to his parents, they lodged a police complaint.

"The victim was a 10-year old boy who was studying at a boarding school here. The boy disclosed the incident to his brother who came to meet him at the school. Following this, the parents lodged a complaint", the police told ANI.

The 65-yera-old priest was booked under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and has been sent to a 14-day police custody.

The News Minute reports that the pastor is said to have molested the boy on December 21 night after other hostel inmates had gone home for Christmas vacation. Father Basil denied the allegations, but accepted that he spent the night with the child, a police officer told The News Minute.

The kid first spoke about the incident to his elder brother on December 23. The brother then informed his mother, who's working in Haryana, about the incident after which she went to Kerala and lodged a complaint at the Kunnathunadu police station, says a New Indian Express report.