Accusations have been made of the forced conversions of 32 children and teenagers who have celebrated First Communion and Confirmation in Gujarat. In Anand district local authorities have opened an investigation into the Catholic priests of the two communities in the area of Khambhat. The complaint comes from Petlad association for human rights under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act 2008, the state anti-conversion law. For Fr. Cedric Prakash S.J., President of the Gujarat United Christian Forum for Human Rights, these accusations are “unfounded, misleading and malicious.” More on this here.
