The evangelical and missionaries are active again in the state with pasting posters on temple walls with the ‘ Jesus bless Tamil Nadu’ message.
Even during the Corona pandemic, these forces had worked overtime in converting poor and innocent people. According to the OpIndia portal, they have converted as many as one lakh people into Christianity besides adopting 50,000 odd villages in less than one year. David Reeves, CEO of Unfolding word, a Christian outfit dedicated to church planting and ‘transplanting God’s word’- with accuracy and excellence.
According to the report, this organization in the name of lending a hand of help to economically weaker and poorer sections, they have converted Hindus and build a record number of churches in thousands of villages where none existed before. This the reason we see pictures and reports saying Christian clerics and nuns visiting hospitals with sweet laced words and offering prayers for the ‘get well soon theme. By this method, the evangelical and missionaries are trying to exploit the emotionally vulnerable and hapless poor patients and their families.
According to David ( in an interview with Missionary Network News) “it is an ‘ immaculate feat achieved in India. Explaining the operation David Reeves said “ during the lockdown, they have decided to simply start especially praying for unsaved people they know. Then, they followed it up with prayers over the phone and Whatsapp. Through this approach, It is estimated that about 10,000 conversions during the pandemic lockdown. Similarly, with church planting, they encouraged every church to pray for ten specific villages or neighbourhood with no church. After the withdrawal of restrictions, they were able to get into regions. Churches adopted about 50,000 villages during the lockdown and 25 per cent now have an ‘opening for the Gospel’ some believers, a small house church or prayer hall etc”. it’s Reach All nations, impart theological education to students drawn from various countries including India. After passing out, they will be sent back to their home communities and they would be placed in local churches for church planting work. They will be given monthly financial help, ongoing biblical training in the field. Once a month, there will be a meeting with a full day of prayer, fellowship and teaching. It will continue till the fledgeling church is fully launched”, says the OpIndia report.
Back in Tamil Nadu, after the high decibel electioneering and the polling are over, mysterious posters, banners in Kanchi Kamatchi Amman temple and other places have sprung up. “ Jesus bless Tamil Nadu’ message printed in that. Earlier there were wall paintings, graffiti by various political parties particularly VCK, Naam Tamizhar Katchi. But now they have started pasting posters belittling the Hindu Gods. VHP, Hindu Munnani, BJP, Indu Makkal Katchi and devotees voiced their condemnation. They suspect that the Christian NGOs could be behind these mysterious posters.
Senior Journalist Elumalai Venkatesan from Kancheepuram in his FB posting said “After good Friday and Easter, no mentionable or significant festivals in Christian religion now. While being so, how could it possible for such posters to sprang up all over the state overnight? It is shocking and surprising. There must be some ulterior or hidden objective behind such a move. There was no need for such posters with three words pasted on temple compound walls. Let us wait and see”.
Indu Makkal Katchi (IMK) has lodged a complaint with the police seeking action. “ Posters of Jesus Bless Tamil Nadu” have been pasted in temple walls in Chennai in a matter that it offends Hindus. The posters have been pasted without mentioning the address, the printer’s name. We request you to find and nab the people involved in pasting offending postures on Hindu temple walls” says the complainant E C Kannan, of IMK Chennai in charge.
In another incident, police have filed cases against church pastor Hendry, a couple and others for sexual assault of minor girl for several months. Play back singer with more than 1,500 songs to her credit in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and the winner of Super Singer Title in Malyalam. During her peak of fame, she converted with her family into Christianity. Later her sister married a Christian preacher. Both sisters born in an orthodox pious Hindu family. The play back singer is popular in you tube channel circles about her preaching on Christianity. She came with her 15year daughter to Kilpauk All Women police station to complain against Church pastor Hendry and her sister’s husband, his sister’s son on charges of sexual assaults on her minor daughter.
During the investigation it came to light that the church pastor, singer’s in law and his sister’s son had sexually exploited the minor girl for several months. Now the police booked a case under POSCO act. The singer said in her complaint that she had left her daughter with her sister in Chennai and went to Hyderabad due to her professional calls. The pastor, who was allegedly having an illegal physical relations with Singer’s sister, demanded the girl. Her husband, who is learnt to have exploited the girl first and continued the affair, forced the minor to sleep with the pastor. The girl had informed her mother when they met recently”
Police said, “The singer left her husband due to a difference of opinion and is living separately. During the investigation, it came to light, the singer after separation from her husband, left the six-year-old girl child with her sister in Saligramam. Her sister’s husband started sexually abusing the girl and out of fear she did not disclose it to anybody including her mother’s sister. When she took the girl to Hyderabad where she continued her studies. Due to pandemic and lockdown and the closure of schools with pressing job pressure, she again left the girl to her sister’s house in Chennai Ayanpuram. Where her sister’s husband sexually exploited the girl on several occasions when the girl was alone or after her wife was sleeping. His sister’s son, who chanced to see them in a compromising position, threatened the girl to have physical relation with him also.
Singer’s sister who used to visit Kilpauk Church every week took the girl along with her. She introduced her to pastor saying she sings like her mother well. Her husband said , if you like the girl, tell me , I will arrange and will ask her to sleep with you. He talked like a pimp not as a father”. To this the pastor said in affirmative. The minor girl was forced to have relations with him that continued for several days. After lifting of lock down norms, the singers who came to Chennai, saw the girl and her sudden physical changes. In Hyderabad, the girl narrated what happened to her all these day. A physical verification of girl’s body showed marks of several injuries. The singer came to know that her sister, her husband, his relative and pastor were in hand in glove in this incident.” Singer’s sister and her husband are supposed to be the natural guardian and in mother and father relationship. The preacher is a religious person who had illegal relations with mother and daughter at a same time.
Senor journalist Nambi Narayanan said “ in Christianity, Priesthood is a license to have such illegal and immoral relations with faithful. We have seen so many cases including Kerala’s Franco’s Mulakkal and books of several nuns who recounted their sexual exploitation in churches. It is not an isolated case. Such things are being reported in Mosques also. If we talk, it will go on for days. Stern action against culprit without succumbing from their power lobby is a must. The media will conduct debates if it involved in fake sadhus. In this case, there was no such thing and print media carried a filler type news to this shocking incident. They talked about UP and Kashmir girl rape incidents days together”.
In the case on hand, there were conflicting reports. Some say the four have been absconding and some say they are being questioned. If the charges of girls are proved, police will arrest the four under POCSO provisions or allow them to escape of long arms of law by booking them under minor sections. The so called human rights activists, child right activists are yet to come out of their deep slumber.
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