In the wake of the desecration of a holy cross in a South Goa village, a Goa Church body questioned police claims of solving cases of earlier desecrations reported from the coastal state. The Council for Social Justice and Peace, a social arm of the Goa Church, also said that these desecrations followed a definite pattern so as to instill fear and provoke negative feelings among “certain communities”. On Wednesday, a cross was found desecrated at Raia village, after which police filed a case against unknown persons.
As reported by Business standard, Council’s Executive Secretary Fr. Savio Fernandes said in a statement said, “The CSJP is deeply perturbed by another desecration of Christian religious symbol. The usual bias and knee-jerk reaction of the police in jumping to a conclusion and arrest of some migrant labourers living in vicinity offer no consolation to the Christian community.”
Last year, Goa Police claimed to have cracked a series of desecrations with the arrest of taxi driver Francis Pereira, who was accused of defiling over 60 crosses and two Hindu idols across Goa. Pereira is out on bail.
Source: Business Standard
