A Kerala nun Saturday said she has filed an appeal before the Vatican against Franciscan Clarist Congregation's decision to expel her from it even as the congregation tightened its stance by issuing a letter to the her elderly mother to take her back home.
Sister Lucy Kalappura, who took part in a protest against former bishop of Jalandhar diocese in connection with a rape case was expelled by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation early this month for 'failing to give a satisfactory explanation' for her lifestyle "in violation of the proper law of the FCC."