When people take a satire seriously.
Ex-Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who has been accused in a sexual abuse/rape of a nun in Kerala has stepped down.
You all might be aware of the case and it’s proceedings through mainstream media.
An image with following text is viral
‘Whatever happened between me and nun, it is not rape. It is the Holi Ritual of enlightenment to feel the Magical Existence of Holi Jesus at the end of the act’: Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of Rape.: ANI
Another version –
“Just In : I was experimenting with her about the concept of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. We were just trying to see if she can give birth to a holy child after being Virgin or not, How is experiment a crime ? – Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused. – Times How”
Following post by Dilip Kumar has more than 4600 shares
Later he thanked people for sharing his fake news –
Madhu Kishwar Tweets the same fake image –
Awesome! May more & more skeletons come pouring out of the safe vaults of Christianity so people are disabused of their naive notions about the Church pic.twitter.com/PQqHmrnEsL
— MadhuPurnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) September 17, 2018
Another one from Times How –
Just In : I was experimenting with her about the concept of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. We were just trying to see if she can give birth to a holy child after being Virgin or not, How is experiment a crime ?
– Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is accused. pic.twitter.com/AY8vupgqpp
— TIMES HOW (@TiimesHow) September 11, 2018
Truth –
First of all wrong spelling of Holy i.e. Holi could be a giveaway.
This is false, just a satire. This was posted by a satire twitter handle “The UnPaid Times”
It’s bio says –
“Indian Satirical News Website. Don’t believe in rumours. We bring you best news. “
'Whatever happened between me and nun, it is not rape. It is the Holi Ritual of enlightenment to feel the Magical Existence of Holi Jesus at the end of the act': Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of Rape. pic.twitter.com/F6E7hVMK3q
— The UnPaid Times (@UnPaidTimes) September 12, 2018
You can see clearly that the image is made by an online tool to create breaking news lookalike at top right corner
The man whose post went viral, shared another satire from same Unpaid News
Recently another such satire made way to the whatsapp even. A fake twitter account posted under name “Maulana Muhammad Muneeb ur Rehman” tweeted a Sholay Movie photo of Amitabh and Dharmendra (Jay and Veeru in movie) claiming –
“These two brothers were distributing free food to orphans,when israeli snipers shot one of them .
Jamal is now fighting for his life,please pray for him .
UN are you watching this ?
#Palestine
#HumanRights”
The account has been suspended now
A Fake photo from Year 2014 was used which was laughed off by Al Jazeera
We can only laugh at these ridiculous stories about #AlJazeera… They could have al least gotten our logo right pic.twitter.com/6oRrXPzxk8
— Al Jazeera PR (@AlJazeera) September 7, 2014
Source – Boomlive
More Fakes –
“I was experimenting with her about the concept of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus Christ. We were just trying to see if she can give birth to a holy child after being Virgin or not, How is experiment a crime?”Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who is the accused rapist #pavadai pic.twitter.com/Em4RAhHn0s
— Parthiban Shanmugam (@hollywoodcurry) September 12, 2018
Later he said “Yes Adarsh… it’s from .@TiimesHow and I posted this because it has classic rude / black humor!!”
'Whatever happened between me and nun, it is not rape. It is the Holi Ritual of enlightenment to feel the Magical Existence of Holi Jesus at the end of the act': Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of Rape. pic.twitter.com/2B3eDZrLeZ
— Krish (@rknmohanty) September 14, 2018
Whatever happened between me and nuns it was an enlightment a holy Devine enlightment of holy Jesus.
These lines are said be rape accuse bishop Franco…what an asshole…
What fking enlightement it is to rape women in the name of jesus.sick man absolutely disgusting.— राशी आनंद 🇮🇳 (@REBELLIOUSRAGGS) September 14, 2018
'Whatever happened between me and nun, it is not rape. It is the Holi Ritual of enlightenment to feel the Magical Existence of Holi Jesus at the end of the act' ~ Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of Rape#JusticeForKeralaNun #JusticeForNun pic.twitter.com/codp6wJMfm
— 🇮🇳 Hypnotic Eyes🚩🦂 (@TheRITUS) September 14, 2018
'Whatever happened between me and nun, it is not rape. It is the Holi Ritual of enlightenment to feel the Magical Existence of Holi Jesus at the end of the act': Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of Rape. இது புதுசா வள்ளவா இருக்கு .! ,😂😂😂😂😂😂அப்போ எங்க பத்தலும் ஒரே enlighmnt pic.twitter.com/Ro5Wwys6kM
— சரவணன் சண்முகம் (@sarave17) September 14, 2018
Thus is what this Bishop had to say in his defence –
'Whatever happened between me and nun, it is not rape. It is the Holi Ritual of enlightenment to feel the Magical Existence of Holi Jesus at the end of the act': Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of Rape. pic.twitter.com/pKtHXD6B6h
— Rajesh Varadarajan (@RajeshVaradara2) September 15, 2018
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