text: Another sad detail is that the 16-year-old's child was spirited away for adoption by nuns who helped cover up the rape.
  
  This entire episode stands in stark contrast to the successful effort by Astrid  Lobo Gajiwala to draft the the bishops’ “Gender Policy of the Church of India” (2010). Of course, she has always stated publicly that the policy was just a start. Christine Schenk interviewed her for Global Sisters in 2015: http://globalsistersreport.org/equality/india-truly-outstanding-road-map-creating-gender-equality-24091
  
  Fascinating, because while the policy was a breakthrough, the bishops just had to put their own stamp on it, replacing the commonsense language of the women with "feminine genius," not guaranteeing equal representation where it was written in, etc.