Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Update on the Kota Situation


Dr. Samuel Thomas, President of Emmanuel Ministries, was granted bail by the Jaipur High Court, and is scheduled to be released from the Kota Central Jail May 2, India time. Emmanuel Ministries' Founder, Bishop M.A. Thomas, was also granted bail on the same charges of "fomenting communal disharmony" by India's Supreme Court on April
20.

Emmanuel still awaits the decision of the Court concerning the unfreezing of the ministries' bank accounts and the renewing of the ministries' permits to operate its many schools and orphanages.

Courtesy: Persecuted Church of India Yahoo Group.