BJP Minority Morcha leader Franklin Monteiro booked for abusing Bondel Parish Priest

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, June 11, 2017: A complaint has been lodged at the Kankanady Rural Police Station against BJP Minority Morcha leader Franklin Monteiro and Oswald D’Cunha on the charges of abusing and threatening  Fr Andrew D’Souza, Parish Priest of St. Lawrence Church of Bondel.

Franklin Monteiro

The incident had occurred after  Franklin who also happens to be the President of Rashtriyavadi Kristara Vedike  had organised a noisy protest by the Vedike against cattle slaughter even as the Church mass was underway.

Even as the hundreds of faithful who had attended the mass  rebuked the protestors for disturbing the mass, the latter  alleged that the church as well as the community leaders had failed to  support them.

It is also alleged that Franklin had barged into the church office and began hurling abuses against the Parish Priest.