PANJIM: Panjim Judicial Magistrate First Class Shaikh Shabnam has directed that summons be issued to Fr. Newton Rodrigues to appear in Court on 1st March to depose in the 2004 Ribandar Church case he had filed against Adv. Aires Rodrigues and 14 others.
The then parish Priest of Ribandar Fr. Newton Rodrigues will now have to come back from Canada to depose in the case. He is currently Pastor of St. Bernadette Church at Calgary in Western Canada.
Judge Shabnam has also directed two witnesses Mr. Michael Fernandes and Mr. Lumen Soares be summoned to appear on 10th February to depose in the case. Michael Ferandes a Customs and Central excise employee is the husband of Ribandar CCP Corporator Vivina Nasnodkar.
At the request of Adv. Aires Rodrigues the High Court has directed the JMFC to conduct the trial of the case as expeditiously as possible.
Along with Adv. Aires Rodrigues, 14 other Ribandar residents have been charge sheeted in the case including the 80 year old widow who is now bedridden. The charge sheet is in connection with an incident that allegedly took place in 2004 at the Ribandar Church premises when Adv. Aires Rodrigues was leading an agitation demanding action against Fr. Newton Rodrigues for having allegedly molested a 13 year old girl from Ribandar.
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