The Death of Sister Abhaya

Criminal Broads

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True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In 1992, the body of a young nun named Sister Abhaya was pulled from a well with fingernail marks on her neck. Why did it take thirty years for anyone to be charged for her murder? Support the podcast: patreon.com/criminalbroads Sources: “Regressive, crude,” Indian Express, 24 July 2009 “Sister Sephy burst into tears, Fr Kottoor kept a stoic face,” The Times of India, 23 Dec 2020 “She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served,” Yerepouni Daily News, 25 Jan 2021 “A #MeToo movement for India as nuns speak out,” The Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct 2018 “Sister Abhaya case | Priest, nun, and the murder of a witness,” The Hindu, 2 Jan 2021 https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/law-and-order/nun-abhaya-murder-case-verdict-out-here-is-what-transpired-in-the-last-28-years.html https://www.onmanorama.com/kerala/top-news/2020/12/24/sister-abhaya-case-cbi-court-verdict-how-priest-and-nun-sentenced-life.html https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/what-does-justice-mean-teenaged-nun-killed-27-years-ago-kerala-108179 https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/dec/23/finally-truth-has-come-out-former-cbi-officer-welcomes-court-verdict-on-sr-abhaya-murder-case-2239855.html https://theprint.in/india/instead-of-warning-they-silenced-her-kerala-nun-abhayas-brother-recalls-28-year-fight/573883/ https://theprint.in/india/how-the-case-of-kerala-catholic-nun-sister-abhaya-turned-from-suicide-to-murder-in-28-yrs/571823/ https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/sep/18/abhaya-murder-case-hearing-father-kottoor-behaved-indecently-with-students-says-ex-colleague-2035187.html https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/voices/2021/jan/03/a-crime-of-convenience-2243769.html Team: Jillian Collins, research assistant Jennifer Longworth of Bourbon Barrel Podcasting, editor Music: Stereodog Productions (Dan Pierson & Peter Manheim). Intro and conclusion: “Guilty” by Richard A. Whiting, Harry Akst, and Gus Kahn, sung by Anna Telfer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is it a sin? Is it a crime? Love and you do like I do.
0:10.0	If it's a crime, then I'm guilty, guilty of love and you.
0:20.0	Hi friends, best friends, and welcome to another episode of Criminal Broughts,
0:26.0	a podcast about wild women on the wrong side of the law.
0:29.0	It's women's history month and nothing's changing around here.
0:33.0	We have always been doing stories of women and we will always be until someone offers me $10 billion to do a single episode on a male criminal.
0:41.0	I'll do it. I'll throw that in.
0:44.0	Today we have a story from the country of India.
0:48.0	As I said, slash threatened in the last episode, we are leaving the US.
0:53.0	We'll be back. You know we'll be back. You know we'll be back to Florida before long.
0:58.0	Oh gosh, we actually might be in Florida way sooner than you think.
1:02.0	But today we're going abroad to a case in India that is fascinating and I'll say it really, really scandalous.
1:11.0	Now I never would have heard of this case if it wasn't for an amazing listener.
1:15.0	I want to shout out to Cristiana Lilly, who is a journalist that you should all hire.
1:21.0	And she told me about this story. It's unusual for many reasons.
1:26.0	But one of the reasons is because the crime happened 30 years ago,
1:31.0	but the case was closed very, very shockingly recently.
1:37.0	And there is a criminal broad involved in this case.
1:41.0	So don't worry, but the story is really more about the 30 years in between the crime and the case being closed.
1:48.0	So let's get into it. But first I feel like there was one more thing I needed to tell you.
1:52.0	Oh yeah. So as you know, my book is out now, Confident Women.
1:56.0	And I've been doing a lot of book promo and I am, shall we say, frazzled.
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