His Excellency Archbishop Thomas D’Souza of Calcutta reacted strongly to author Taslima Nasreen’s controversial tweet criticising Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity founded by her. The controversial Bangladeshi author had tweeted, saying “Mother Teresa charity home sells babies, it is nothing new. Mother Teresa was involved with many illegal, inhumane, immoral, unethical, unprincipled, wicked, fraudulent, barbaric acts. Please don’t try to protect criminals only because they are famous.” His Grace Archbishop D’Souza rejected Ms Nasreen’s allegations as “baseless and untrue”.
As reported by NDTV, His Grace Archbishop D’Souza remarked that “This is not at all true. The author can say whatever she wants but that will not be able to tarnish Mother’s image. Her image will remain impeccable and she will be remembered for all that she has done. If someone says something like this, it doesn’t diminish Mother’s integrity. I will not say anything more than this.” The Archbishop said people like Ms Nasreen who have not understood Mother Teresa’s work properly say such things.
Ms Nasreen’s tweet had come after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of making “malicious” attempts to malign the name of Missionaries of Charity when two staff members of its Ranchi-based shelter home were arrested for allegedly selling babies.
Source: NDTV
