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The relatives of a former rector of Bengaluru’s St Peter’s Pontifical Institute have sought an independent probe nine years after his mysterious death on an Easter Sunday.
Father K J Thomas, who had taught theology in the major seminary for 25 years, was found murdered on April 1, 2013.
“This April 1 it will be nine years since my uncle was phy-sically tortured and murdered in the most inhuman way,” says a letter from Joyson Mathew, one Father Thomas’ nephews, to Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore.
“You knew him personally and so you know well that he did not die due to his personal hostility with anyone. My uncle was an innocent victim of the language dispute and the dispute over the ownership of the seminary which was a boiling issue before the murder,” says March 27 letter.
The nephew says the past nine years have been a time of grief and sorrow for the slain priest’s immediate family members. “We still miss him dearly,” he added.
The police had arrested 12 people, including eight Catholic priests, in connection with the murder.
Mathew regrets that the trial of the case has not been begun because of some legal hurdles.
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