In the backdrop of Kathua and Unnao rape cases, the Goa Church sees a growing trend in India to justify crimes committed against some sections of society by using the garb of nationalism. The trend has generated fear and insecurity among the citizens, it adds.
The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP), the social arm of the Goa archdiocese, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to eliminate the “growing ideology of hate” and “subjugation of women” in the country.
The council expressed concern over the recent cases of rape of minor girls in Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) and Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) and what it called killings of fellow citizens in the name of community honour, religion and nationalism.
The actual response for these incidents should be to abolish organisations that advocate the “ideology of hate” and “subjugation of women,” CSJP Executive Secretary Fr Savio Fernandes said in a statement. The council is deeply agonized over the horrendous rapes of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, a teenager in Unnao and other such cases reported over the last few days in the country, he said.
