Thousands
are expected to join a rally led by priests in India’s Kolkata in
support of a 71-year-old nun who was gang-raped at her convent school,
the city’s archbishop has said.
The
rape by a gang of robbers late on Friday is the latest in a series of
high-profile sexual assaults in India that have intensified outrage over
high levels of violence against women, leading to Monday’s scheduled
protests.
“We
expect three to four thousand people to attend the rally. In fact we
have asked all the city parishes to join the rally,” Archbishop of
Kolkata Thomas D’Souza told AFP news agency.
“We also expect common people to participate and express their solidarity to the victim.”
D’Souza
said hymns and prayers for the nun would be encouraged at the rally,
which would culminate in a candlelit vigil on Monday evening.
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