Kerala rape case: DNA test confirms Catholic priest fathered infant

Mangalore Today News Network

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 01, 2017: Weeks after he was arrested for raping a minor and impregnating her, DNA tests have proved that Father Robin Vadakkumchery is indeed the biological father of the newborn child, media reports from Kerala said.

DNA samples of the priest, the minor survivor and the child were sent to the Forensic laboratory in Thiruvananthapuram and the reports have been sent to the police.

Father Robin Vadakkumchery was arrested on Feb 27, a few days after the minor rape survivor delivered an infant which led the child helpline officials to take up the matter.

Reports said that while the police have refused to make the results of the test officially public, the same will be submitted to the court as evidence against the catholic priest.

Sources from the police department, however, confirm that the DNA test confirms that the protest was the infant’s biological father.

The Priest of Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady is accused of raping a minor who was a school student and attempting to destroy evidence of the crime.

The case had become a challenge for the investigating authorities with even the parents of the survivor refusing to give a statement against the priest. While the main accused in the crime have been arrested, others who helped him cover up including two doctors and five nuns surrendered before the police but were granted bail.

Nuns accused of cover-up surrender  :  Two more people, charged with covering up the rape of a minor girl by a Catholic priest in Kottiyoor in Kannur district, surrendered before the police on Thursday.


Sixth and seventh accused, Sister Liz Maria and Sister Anitta, surrendered before Peravoor circle-inspector N. Sunil Kumar at 6.45 am on Mar 30.

Once their statements are recorded and medical test completed, they will be presented before the Thalassery district court from where they are likely to be granted bail.

Fr Robin Vadakkumcherry, who was the vicar of the local church in Kottiyoor and the prime accused in the case, was arrested on February 28 on charges of sexually exploiting and impregnating the 16-year-old girl.

The victim gave birth to a child in February 7 at a private hospital in Kuthuparamba in this district. The child was taken to an orphanage at Vythiri in Wayanad district.

With these two absconding nuns appearing before the police, all accused charged for their alleged role in the sexual exploitation and subsequent delivery of the baby by the girl have surrendered before the police.