According to a statement issued by the Apostolic Nunciature to India - an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in India Mulakkal's resignation was accepted for the "good of the Jalandhar diocese".
"Today...the holy father Pope Francis has accepted the resignation submitted by the Rt Rev Franco Mulakkal as bishop of Jalandhar... In this regard, the Apostolic Nunciature wishes to specify that the Holy See respects the verdict of the additional district and sessions court, Kottayam, Kerala, acquitting Bishop Mulakkal from the allegations concerning him, as well as the appeal against the acquittal, which has been admitted by the Kerala high court," news agency ANI quoted the Apostolic Nunciature to India as saying in a statement.
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