CSI NKD Management Felicitates the Best Students

welcome-Corporate Manager

presidential address-The Lay Secretary

Inauguration-The Clergy Secrtary

prize dis-The DEO,Calicut

prize dis-The DEO,Calicut

prize distribution

felicitation

felicitation

Discussing New Plans for Best Results

Awards

VICTORY OF LAWS OF THE LAND AND A BIG HIT TO THE BANANA REPUBLIC.

The Government of Kerala has approved the appointment of the CSI North Kerala School Manager Rev.Vinod Allen by  dismissing the 'FOOLISH','CHILDISH' AND 'FRAUD' complaints submitted by Bishop Kuruvila.Jayachandra Herman alias Unni and THEIR Proxy one  Madhavan Nair.


The Manager was appointed by the Executive committee in the month of 'August 2011'.But for the first time in the history the so called bishop and his allies were sending number of sub-standard complaints and filed cases by using certain 'DEAD CHEQUES'. Persuaded SO MANY UNKNOWN PEOPLE TO SEND FOOLISH COMPLAINTS against the manager..They do not know where is 'CALICUT' and what 'CHURCH' AND  'SCHOOL MANAGEMENT' ARE !!!!!!!.The Govt.officials were wondered.They have no previous experiences like this. A bishop is sending proposal for approval on behalf of the church and he 'himself' sending childish complaints in the diocesan letter pad to the Govt.!!!!!


The funniest part is that the bishop was summoned by the Govt.for a hearing.He sent his then secretary to attend the hearing.When the Head of the Education department asked him about the complaint he told 'ARIYATHILLA'. what A SHAME TO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY!!!!!!!!.
Dozens of employees were struggling for salaries due to the delay in the approval for one year. Due to the Foolishness of the dull headed forces so many children were struggling for food and education. 
DO YOU WANT US TO RESPECT  THIS  EPISCOPACY????? THE BISHOP SAYS THAT NOBODY RESPECTS HIM.                                                                                                           DEAR READERS,This information is not against God or the episcopacy.                                                                                 NAKED TRUTH ONLY. 


please read the attached speaking order of the Govt.official. 
                                                                                                                                                           YOU BE THE BEST JUDGE. 

Well done BEM UP School,Puthiyara

Indian Bishop suspended for Corruption-Church of England News Paper

Indian bishop suspended for corruption: The Church of England Newspaper, June 24, 2012.June 25, 2012

Posted by geoconger in Church of England Newspaper, Church of South India,Corruption. 
Tags: Diocese of Medak, G. Devakadasham, Manickam Dorai, T. Samuel Kanaka Prasad

T. Samuel Kanaka Prasad

The Church of South India’s Bishop in Medak, the Rt. Rev. T. Samuel Kanaka Prasad has been suspended for corruption by the Synod Executive Committee.

In a letter to the bishop dated 9 June 2012, the Moderator of the CSI Bishop G. Devakadasham stated the Synod Executive Committee had voted on 24 April for suspension in the face of prima facie evidence of corruption, but had been unable to enforce the decision due to a court order blocking the decision secured by Bishop Prasad.  However, when the order lapsed on 5 June, the Executive Committee was free to enforce its decision, and ordered Bishop Prasad to step aside, the moderator said.

Bishop Prasad is the second bishop this year to be disciplined by the CSI. On 9 January 2012 the moderator announced that the trial court for bishops had deposed the Bishop in Coimbatore, the Rt. Rev. Manickam Dorai for corruption.  However, corruption remains widespread in the Indian church, lay activists charge, telling The Church of England Newspaper that only “8 or 9” of the CSI’s 21 current bishops were untainted by corruption charges.

One of India’s wealthiest dioceses, the Hyderabad-based Medak diocese has witnessed legal and physical fights between the bishop and his opponents.  On 10 June 2012, the Deccan Chronicle reported that police were called out to separate the bishop’s men from anti-corruption activists who rallied for Bishop Prasad to go.

In his letter to Bishop Prasad, the Moderator accused him of “not functioning and discharging the responsibilities of Bishop of CSI Medak Diocese in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the CSI, the directions of the Synod or its Executive Committee and the Council of Bishops.”

“In particular it was brought to the notice of the Executive Committee that you are misusing your position as Bishop, acting as attorney of the CSITA even after the lapse of the power of attorney and committing various illegalities in the administration, supervision and preservation of the properties of the Church. The members expressed shock and anxiety over the same and demanded immediate action against you by the Synod.”

CSI Deputy Moderator Bishop G. Dyvasirvadam of Krishna Godavari was appointed Moderator’s Commissary for Medak by the Executive Committee following Bishop Prasad’s suspension, and a nine-member administrative committee led by a retired Director General of Police has been charged with auditing the diocese’s books.

In addition to accusations of financial malfeasance, Bishop Prasad has been charged with violating canon and civil corporate law.  In 2011 Bishop Prasad banned his opponents from standing for election to the diocesan council and waived rules that forbade sitting council members from serving more than two consecutive terms – subsequently producing a council composed of the bishop’s cronies.

The CSI General Synod refused to recognize the election and attempted to block the seating of the diocese’s delegates at its January meeting to elect a new primate.  However, Bishop Prasad was able to secure a court order allowing his men to be seated at the 33^rd meeting of Synod.

The anti-corruption pressure group, the CCC [Christ-Centered Coalition] applauded the Synod’s decision to suspend Bishop Prasad, but asked whether its decision was influenced by Bishop Prasad’s support for the losing candidate in the election for moderator this year.

“What is disconcerting is the double standards being applied by the current synod administration in handling cases of Episcopal corruption,” the CCC said.  The CSI Moderator had allowed the Bishops in Rayalaseema and Dornakal to retire rather than face corruption investigations.  “Is it only a coincidence that both the Rayalseema and Dornakal bishops who supported Moderator Devakadasham and his deputy Dyvasirvadam at the Synod polls in January have got away with their crimes while Bishop Kanaka Prasad who supported their opponents (the Bishops in Madras and Karimnagar) has had punitive action taken against him,” the CCC asked.

Bishop Prasad did not respond to our request for comments, but his son, William Carry told the Deccan Chronicle his father would fight the suspension. 

More Regulator Trouble for the CSI

CHRIST Centered Campaign (CCC) Newsletter No 72.  June 19, 2012

In This Issue

More Regulator Trouble for the CSI

Leslie Nathaniel Makes a Second Bid for Bishop

Priceless Wisdom on Church Governance

More Regulator Trouble for the CSI

Even as the recent investigation by the Registrar of Companies (RoC) into the affairs of the Church of South India Trust Association (CSITA) has opened a can of worms (see CCC Newsletter No 69), a second RoC investigation threatens more trouble for the church. This time the problem concerns the Tirunelveli Diocesan Trust Association (TDTA) which was registered in 1919 under the Companies Act of 1913 to hold all the moveable and immovable assets of the undivided Tirunelveli diocese. Even after the CSITA came into existence in 1947 and the assets of all other  CSI dioceses (except Jaffna) came under its control, the schools, colleges, hospitals, etc in  Tirunelveli diocese remained under the control of the TDTA.

In 2003 when the Tirunelveli diocese was bifurcated and the  new Thoothukudi-Nazareth diocese created, the executive committee of the parent diocese and the CSI Synod passed resolutions to split up the assets held by the TDTA between the two dioceses. But the laid down procedure for this involving a scheme of arrangement/demerger to be carried out under the supervision of the High Court was not followed. Instead  cash of Rs 4.48 crore and properties lying within the boundaries of the  Thoothukudi – Nazareth diocese were simply transferred to the  new diocese and these assets brought under the control of the CSITA.

Contending that such transfers were illegal and a fraud perpetrated on the TDTA and that there had been illegal sale of properties, the Secretary of its Employees Welfare Association A. Earnest Balasingh  filed a  complaint with the Registrar of Companies. Following a court battle, he forced the RoC to investigate (see RoC letter to Balasingh in Annexure 1) the matter and also followed up with a detailed complaint to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (see Annexure 2). In his complaint, Mr Balasingh has provided documentary proof of how the officials of the two dioceses filed misleading affidavits and effectively defrauded the TDTA and the government. He has requested for a thorough probe and criminal action to be initiated against the bishops and other office bearers of the two dioceses.

This case again illustrates the utterly cavalier and unprofessional approach of the CSI leadership to an issue which, if handled as per law, should have left no room for controversy at all. The CSITA Management Committee Minutes of 18^thJuly 2011 (quoted in the complaint letter) virtually acknowledges this fact by stating that a refund could have been sought from the Tamilnadu Government even for the nominal registration fee that may have had to be paid to operationalise the legal bifurcation of assets between the TDTA and the CSITA. That this was never done illustrates the sheer incompetence and stupidity of successive Synod administrations.

While the report of the RoC investigation into the TDTA carried out from April 10, 2012 onwards is awaited, Mr Balasingh has further raised the stakes by taking  the matter to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The Joint Director  in the SFIO in New Delhi has forwarded his complaint, along with a bunch of others,  to the Secretary of the Ministry  to“kindly take necessary action as deemed appropriate” (see Annexure 3 & 3.1) Should the ministry find there is a case to activate a Serious Fraud probe, the implications for the two bishops and other officials can be a lot more serious as it could even lead to arrests and imprisonment.

Leslie Nathaniel Makes a Second Bid for Bishop

The Diocese of Nandyal last month elected a panel of four candidates for the office of bishop with one of them to be selected by the Synod to succeed the incumbent P.J. Lawrence when he retires in August. The two front runners for the post are Rev Theodore Jacob, a former  Deanery Chairman, who has the backing of Deputy Moderator of the CSI. G. Dyvasirvadam, and Rev Dr. Leslie Nathaniel who is currently European Secretary of the  Church of England. Both of them made it to the panel on the second ballot. Nathaniel, a Tamil by birth,  served as the Financial Administrator of the Nandyal Diocese in the late 1980s and early 1990s before being ordained a deacon in the same diocese in 2001 and a presbyter the following year. Though he was a front runner for the bishop’s post in  the 2006 elections, Nathaniel lost out to Lawrence -- who was fourth on the panel of candidates in terms of the number of votes secured -- due to money changing hands.

Unlike Rev Theodore Jacob and third contender Rev Z. Yesurathnam who both have several  well founded corruption allegations against their names, Nathaniel has a clean and successful track record for the period he served as Financial Administrator. That he does not speak Telugu (though he understands it) may hurt his candidature. On the other hand his election as bishop in a diocese where he is genuinely liked may just be what the  CSI requires to refurbish its badly tarnished image among churches in Europe. This is important at a time when corruption scandals galore have reduced the flow of European church aid to the CSI to a trickle.  And taking over a bishop of one of the poorest dioceses of the CSI will also be a test of Nathaniel's commitment as it will entail some sacrifice for him and his family (his wife is a foreigner) in terms of relocating from European environs to what is essentially a rural diocese. 

Priceless Wisdom on Church Governance

(Book Review)

To be God’s People – Challenges and Responses. Dr. R. Jayakaran Isaac. Abundant Life Publications. February 2012. Price Rs 150

The tragedy of the CSI over the last two decades has not only been the corruption of its top leaders but their rank incompetence as well (refer first story above for proof). This was not  for want of good men and women in the CSI as  is brought home to anyone who reads  the collection of articles/papers on church policy and practice presented by Dr. Jayakaran Isaac.  Dr Isaac, a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and former principal of Voorhees College, Vellore, brings precision and academic rigour to his analysis of developments in the CSI spanning four decades.

As Secretary of Vellore  Diocese off-and-on for a total of 12 years and as a former member of the Executive Committee of the Synod, Dr Isaac is eminently qualified to hold forth on the numerous  topics he discusses. These range from mission of the church in the Indian context to role of the laity in the church, tips to renew worship and liturgy, the problems of theological education and the Constitution of the CSI. Many of these topics formed the subject matter of seminars he helped organise as founder president of the Abundant Life Movement that has the laudable objective of equipping the laity in effective witness and service. The chapters on rediscovering the importance of the local congregation and how to bring about transparency and accountability in church administration at all levels are particularly relevant in the context of the current crisis of credibility the CSI faces. Those interested to obtain a copy of the book may email Dr Isaac at  jayakaran_isaac@hotmail.com

CCC Prayer: Dear Lord every day brings with it a new crisis for your church. And each crisis only further exposes the depth of incompetence and corruption of those who hold the reins of power.  We pray that these crises will pave the way for a radical overhaul of how your church is governed, particularly  the establishment of mechanisms that ensure transparency and accountability. We pray that you will open the hearts and minds of those in power to seek the help of qualified and highly reputed professionals among the laity who will be able to put in place the systems necessary to run the church with discipline and efficiency. In your most precious name we ask. Amen.

CSITA FAILS Govt.AUDIT:The Church Of England Newspaper.

Church of South India Trust Association fails government audit: The Church of England Newspaper, June 10, 2012 p 6. June 12, 2012

Posted by geoconger in Church of England Newspaper, Church of South India,Corruption. 
Tags: Church of South India Trust Association

An environment conducive to fraud and corruption surrounds the business practices of the Church of South India (CSI), a government investigation has found. A report prepared by auditors from the Indian government’s Registrar of Companies (RoC) listed 27 violations in the management and practices of the Church of South India Trust Association (CSITA).  Unless reforms are immediately implements, the trust that holds title to the church’s property may be liquidated or lose its not-for-profit status.

Charted as a not-for-profit corporation under Section 25 of the Indian Companies Act of 1956, the CSITA is not required to register a minimum share capital, need only maintain business records for the previous four years, and may increase the number of company directors without prior government approval.  In return, the CSITA is required to use its income for the furtherance of the mission and ministry of the CSI and not distribute dividends to its members.

In a report dated 22 May 2012, the RoC notified the members of the CSITA’s management committee that it had concluded the CSITA’s income was not being used for furthering the objects and purposes of the trust.  The Balance Sheet and Income Expenditure statement of the CSITA for the last four years “do not give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company,” the RoC report said.

Nor were transactions properly recorded, the report said as “no details of fixed assets/immovable properties, secured loans, sale of property, sale consideration, purchase of property, receipt of foreign contribution, income and expenditure of other dioceses, units or sub-units reflect in the Balance Sheet and books of accounts of the company.”

The CSI has been plagued by financial scandals in recent years with only “8 or 9” of its 21 current bishops untainted by corruption charges, the lay-led anti-corruption group, the CCC has reported.  Lay leaders have pushed for greater transparency from the bishops and executive committee of the general synod, but have so far been unable to receive an accounting.

On 1 Feb 2010, Dr. John Dorai, the general secretary of the CSITA Beneficiaries Association – a lay advocacy group in the church – filed a complaint requesting the RoC examine the accounts of the CSITA.  The CSITA, through the its secretary, M.M. Philip – who also serves as General Secretary of the CSI – fought the request through the courts.  However in a ruling released on 22 March 2012, Justice S. Rajeswaran of the Madras High Court ordered the CSITA to turn over its records to the RoC.

“Now we know why the CSITA tried so hard to prevent the RoC from doing its statutory duty,” the CCC said after the report was released, stating it was a “scathing indictment of how the church leadership (mis)manages the CSITA.”

“Given the seriousness of the violations unearthed by the RoC, the CSI leadership has no choice now but to put in place mechanisms to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Companies Act,” the CCC said, noting that “any continued violations could attract more stringent penalties including imprisonment.”

The CSITA did not respond to our requests for comments.  But it has been given 10 days to review the findings of the RoC and to offer comments or corrections.  If none are forthcoming the report will be finalized by the RoC.

First published in The Church of England Newspaper.

CSI SYNOD SUSPENDS MEDAK BISHOP

FLASH NEWS: Bishop TKP personally filed a case before the Hon'ble I Junior Civil Judge, City Civil Courts, Secunderabad on 11-06-2012 after his suspension i.e. 09-06-2012 through O.S. No. 299/2012 in which he filed I.A.s 1) Suspend the suspension orders dated 09-06-2012 and 2) not to allow Administrative Committee to take over charge of Diocesan Office and Institutions within the Medak Diocese. These two I.A.s were DISMISSED by the Hon'ble Court on 28-09-2012.
COMMENT: which means Bishop TKP's suspension upheld by the Court and allowed Administrative Committee to take over Diocesan Office and other Institutions within the Medak Diocese.
OPINION: The God Almighty saved Medak Diocese from the clutches of family ruling, goons, illiterates and corruption. Thank you God Almighty.

The CSI Synod has suspended Bishop of Medak Diocese  T.S. Kanaka Prasad (61). In a letter dated 9^th June 2012 (See Annexures 1 and 1.1) to the bishop, the CSI Moderator G. Devakadasham records that the  decision to suspend the bishop was taken at the Synod Executive Committee meeting held on 24^th April 2012  but could not be put into effect due to a court injunction. The court did not extend the injunction when it  expired last week  paving the way for the Moderator to act. The action led to some tensions as reported in thisDeccan Chronicle report http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/two-csi-groups-fight-control-134 and at the time of writing several dozen pastors of the diocese were reportedly sitting in dharna in support of the suspended bishop.

In his letter, the Moderator charges the Medak bishop with “not functioning and discharging the responsibilities of Bishop of CSI Medak Diocese in accordance with the provisions of the constitution of the CSI, the directions of the Synod or its Executive Committee and the Council of Bishops.” He adds that  “In particular it was brought to the notice of the Executive Committee that you [Bishop Kanaka Prasad] are misusing your position as Bishop, acting as attorney of the CSITA even after the lapse of the power of attorney and committing various illegalities in the administration, supervision and preservation of the properties of the Church. The members [of the Synod Executive Committee] expressed shock and anxiety over the same and demanded immediate action against you by the Synod.”

The Moderator’s letter states that the Synod Executive Committee Meeting of 24^th April was suspended for an hour to facilitate a meeting of the Bishop’s Council to discuss the issue and that based on the recommendations of the  Council the Synod Executive decided to suspend the Medak bishop “pending further action in accordance with the Constitution.” Deputy Moderator G. Dyvasirvadam, who is bishop of Krishna Godavari diocese and is also serving as Moderator’s Commissary for Rayalseema Diocese, has been appointed the Moderator’s Commissary for Medak. A nine-member Administrative Committee has been put in place with former Andhra Pradesh Director General  of Police Swaranjit Sen , IPS (Retd), being named Administrative Adviser. Mr Sen, who was close to late Chief Minister Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy, has for some years now been heading a Joint Christian Action Council which has been trying to promote Christian unity even while addressing issues of church-related corruption and mismanagement. Seehttp://indiagateway.net/jcac/who_are_we.php

Medak, one of the biggest dioceses in the CSI which incorporates within it the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad,  is the second richest diocese in the CSI (after Madras) in terms of the value of its property holdings . Bishop Kanaka Prasad has been accused of  widespread corruption and nepotism including giving prime church property on long lease at throwaway prices in return for kickbacks. For instance, the CCC has with it a copy of a lease deed signed by Bishop Kanaka Prasad  on 22^nd November 2010 with one M/S Redeemers Foundation where the 50-bed CSI Hospital in Medak with laboratory, mini-operation theatre, x-ray unit, etc was given on a 30 year lease at a nominal monthly rental of just Rs 500 per month.

Similarly the Bishop has become the signatory of a number of church bank accounts including that of the prestigious nearly 200-year-old St. John’s Church in Secunderabad where he removed the pastor Suresh Kumar who had differences with him, installed his own acolyte as pastor but then decided to induct  himself as the signatory to the church’s bank account (see last line of Bank account opening form inAnnexure 2) . This is against the CSI Constitution which provides that “The bishop of the diocese shall have a general oversight of the financial administration of the diocese but shall not exercise any direct control over the finances.” (Chapter V, Rule 10). To be fair to Kanaka Prasad though, most bishops including the current Moderator and Deputy Moderator of the CSI flagrantly violate this rule while performing their duties as bishops of their respective dioceses. Even Kanaka Prasad’s predecessor as Bishop of Medak, former Moderator B.P Sugandhar, was notorious for treating the diocese and the rest of the CSI as his personal fiefdom and committing acts of corruption on a scale that has few parallels in Indian church history.

The current crisis in Medak first erupted late last year when Bishop Prasad violated the Constitution while holding Diocesan Council elections by excluding a substantial number of pastors and lay persons. He even ignored the Constitutional provision that office bearers could not serve more than two consecutive terms. The Synod refused to recognize the election and Bishop Prasad had to get a court order to get his diocesan representatives  into the 33^rd Synod session at Kanyakumari last January where they voted against the current Moderator Devakadasham and his deputy Dyvasirvadam and in favour of their opponents. In fact the opponents of Kanaka Prasad had put up posters at the venue of the Synod (see picture below) urging that an administrative committee be appointed to run the Medak diocese. The Synod Executive held in Chennai on 14^th & 15^th February 2012 authorised the new Moderator and his team to appoint an Administrative Committee to run the diocese but Bishop Prasad took the matter to court and had it stayed.

While the case against Bishop Prasad may rest on a solid foundation, what is disconcerting is the double standards being applied by the current synod adminstration in handling cases of Episcopal corruption. The Moderator informed the Synod Executive Committee meeting mentioned above that he had given the Rayalaseema Bishop, against whom an official investigation had revealed serious cases of corruption ( see CCC Newsletter No 46: Bishop Yesu Varaprasad -- Satan's Gift to the CSI. December 22, 2011), a choice to either“answer the documents regarding administrative, ministerial and financial lapses,” on his part or “to take voluntary leave allowing the Synod to take over the administration.” The bishop opted for the latter just a month before he was to retire and went away secure in the knowledge he would get the bishop’s pension for the rest of his life and get to keep his huge ill-gotten wealth without having to answer for his serious crimes against the church. It can only be in the CSI that the Synod Executive does not pull up the Moderator for making such an unholy deal and allowing a criminal bishop to go scot free.

In January Bishop Manickam Dorai of Coimbatore was sacked by former Moderator S. Vasanthakumar  in a historic first for the CSI. This after Bishop Dorai accused his fellow judges in the Synod Court that was trying him of also being corrupt themselves and hence having no moral authority to sit in judgement over him.  Had Bishop Dorai meekly sought forgiveness, instead of speaking the truth about many of his fellow bishops,  it is likely he too would have been allowed to get away with his heinous crimes against the church.

The double standard being practiced by the current Synod dispensation is also glaring in the case of Bishop B.S. Devamani of Dornakal -- a small town in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh that was the seat of the first-ever  Indian protestant bishop V.S. Azaraiah back in the 1920s -- who was allowed to retire quietly despite serious charges of corruption and sexual harassment against him. Apart from news reports like this one http://telugufirst.com/ap-news/editors-choice/3403-dornakal-bishops-visit-to-mahbubnagar-opposed.html the CSITA itself recorded at its Committee of Management meeting on 18^th July 2011 that Bishop Devamani had, among other offences, sold 7.24 acres of a Mango garden without an enabling resolution from the Diocesan Council, and some more land without CSITA permission (see Annexures3 & 3.1 showing relevant pages from CSITA meeting minutes). It took a legal notice on diocesan office bearers from some vigilant laity to prevent Bishop Devamani from walking away with a parting retirement gift of Rs 40 lakhs from the diocese including a top end luxury car. Is it only a coincidence that both the Rayalseema and Dornakal bishops who  supported Moderator Devakadasham and his deputy Dyvasirvadam at the Synod polls in January have got away with their crimes while Bishop Kanaka Prasad who supported their opponents (the Bishops of Madras and Karimnagar) has had punitive action taken against him?

Three days after suspending Bishop Prasad both the Moderator and Deputy Moderator will be attending the consecration of the new Bishop of Dornakal Vadapalli Prasada Rao that is scheduled for 12^th June 2012. Mercifully the tainted Devamani’s choice to be his successor did not make it in the final selection and it is to be hoped  the new bishop, who informed sources say is a reasonably good man,  will not follow the corrupt path of his predecessor.  

CCC Prayer: Lord Jesus, we thank you that in the last six months unprecedented punitive action has been taken against some corrupt bishops. Even so, many other corrupt ones have been allowed to get away scot free.  We pray Lord thou will ensure justice is done in the case of all those who have committed serious crimes against your church and that those among the current leadership who may be guilty are also brought to book in due course. In thy precious name we pray. Amen. 

courtesy-CCC(Christ centered campaign)