Missionary arrested for converting 40 Hindu families to Christianity
Missionary arrested for converting 40 Hindu families to Christianity
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Publication: Hindu Janjagruti Samiti
Date: August 27, 2007
URL: http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/2873.html
By offering false promises of monetary help,
foreign jobs, taking care of children etc., Fr. Edward converted 40 gullible
Hindu families; but vigilant members of Bajarang Dal handed him over to the
police. He was booked under Section 295-A and 508 for deceit and bribery by
the police. He will be presented in Andheri Court for hearing.
All the converted families were poor and hailed from Bhyandar, Jogeshwari
and Andheri areas. Taking advantage of their poverty, Fr. Edward asked them
to assemble at Vidyavikas School in Andheri where mass is conducted on every
Sunday. From there, they were taken to Juhu Beach to participate in program
of conversion and only after which they were to be offered certain facilities.
Once there, the Father asked them to take a dip in the sea so as to purify
them. Later, he started making statements like 'Your God is a devil. Only
Jesus is the true Lord.' The Bajarang Dal activists were keeping an eye on
the moves of the missionary and after his misguiding people in this manner,
S/Shri. Vitthal Kamat, Anil Bhise and Harish Nevarekar, the members of Bajarang
Dal caught hold of the Father, took him to Santa Cruz police station and lodged
a complaint. After due enquiry, police filed a case against the missionary
and kept him in custody at D. N. Nagar police station.