India: Divorce increases among Christians

In the traditionally Christian enclave of Goa, a former Portuguese colony, divorce is reaching an unprecedented rate. Women complain of sexual abuse, child abuse, and extra-marital affairs.
Friday, June 06, 2008
By CBCI

In Goa, marriages are ending in divorce at an unprecedented rate. Margao Judicial Magistrate first class, M. Rodrigues moans, "Incidents of divorce are increasing in Goa. The break-up of the joint family institution has only worsened things."

"It's alarming," according to Father Savio Rodrigues, a counsellor at St. Britto's high school, Mapusa, whose clients include children from broken families.

Children are the worst sufferers of broken homes. "I have received several cases of kids taking to drugs to escape the reality of a broken home," continues Father Rodrigues. the rest