Catholic nun faces conversion charges in central India aleteia.org

A nun in India was arrested after she was charged under provisions of a new law that criminalizes religious conversion. Sister Bhagya (who uses only her first name) of the Sisters of the Destitute congregation and principal of Sacred Heart Convent High School in Khajuraho in the Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh state, was charged Feb. 22 with trying to convert a former female staff member in her school.

The complainant, Ruby Singh, in her statement to police said that the nun had promised to double her salary if she would become a Christian. The nun had allegedly also assured her that her husband, who is unwell, would be cured if he too became a Christian and prayed to Jesus…

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