Collects details from homemaker’s husband

The State Crime Branch team headed by Superintendent of Police Babu Mathew inquiring into the church sex scandal has obtained a detailed statement from the member of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, who had alleged sexual exploitation of his wife by five clergymen.

The man had moved the church authorities on May 5 alleging sexual exploitation of his wife, a homemaker and mother of two kids, by five clergymen, after threatening her to expose her confessional secrets. The church had already initiated an inquiry into the charges levelled by its member and the process is under way.

The Crime Branch probe was on the basis of a directive from the National Commission for Women and a complaint filed by the Administrative Reforms Commission chairman V.S. Achuthanandan on the issue.

The homemaker’s husband gave copies of the complaint he had filed to the church leadership, a written statement given by his wife, records of telephonic conversations, Whatsapp messages, video clippings, and others to the investigation team, sources said.

The complainant said he had got sufficient evidence to prove the accusations made in his complaint to the church leadership, and copies of certain things had been handed over to the Crime Branch team on Saturday.