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'''Sister Lucy Kalappura''' is former nun who previously<ref name="onmanorama">{{cite news |title=Sister Lucy, who protested against Bishop Franco, expelled, but she vows to continue fight |url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2019/08/07/sr-lucy-kalappurakkal-expelled-bidhop-franco-protests.html |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=OnManorama |language=en}}</ref> belonged to the [[Franciscan Clarist Congregation]] in [[Mananthavady]], [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]].<ref name="deccan">{{cite news |title=Sr Lucy Kalappurakkal receives third notice with warning of expulsion |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170219/sr-lucy-kalappurakkal-receives-third-notice-with-warning-of-expulsion.html |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=17 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Activism==
Sister Lucy joined the [[Franciscan Clarist Congregation]] at the age of 17, after vowing to become a nun.<ref name="onmanorama"/> She was criticized by the church for speaking up against [[Franco Mulakkal|Bishop Franco Mulakkal]], who was then accused of multiple counts of sexual assault of another nun at Kuravilangad convent in Kerala's Kottayam district between 2014 and 2016.<ref name="onmanorama"/> The bishop was arrested in 2018 on charges of rape. The congregation accused that Sr. Lucy was living a life that is against 'the principles of religious life' and the rules of the congregation. Even though she was denied permission by her superiors, she had acquired a driver's license, bought a car, published a poetry book and received remuneration for the book.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sr Lucy Kalappura in Janakeiya Kodathi {{!}} സിസ്റ്റര്‍ ലൂസി ജനകീയ കോടതിയില്‍ {{!}} Part - 1 {{!}} Ep# 10 - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltCFvagU7J0&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2020-12-30|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref name="onmanorama"/> She was also accused of arriving at the convent late in the night, participating in a news channel's discussion, letting a female journalist live with her in the convent and appearing in public without wearing the nun's habit.<ref name="deccan"/> In 2019, she received a third warning letter from the congregation, which would cause her expulsion from the convent, if she did not produce adequate reasoning for her actions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sr Lucy Kalappura receives third notice with warning of expulsion |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/170219/sr-lucy-kalappurakkal-receives-third-notice-with-warning-of-expulsion.html |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=17 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Church sacks nun who protested against rape-accused Bishop Mulakkal |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/church-sacks-nun-who-protested-against-rape-accused-bishop-mulakkal |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=National Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sister Lucy raises hash criticism against Church |url=https://www.keralakaumudi.com/en/news/kerala/general/sister-lucy-raises-hash-criticism-against-church-36798 |accessdate=24 August 2019 |work=Keralakaumudi Daily}}</ref>

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