Weeping_Crucifix_in_Bombay
Weeping crucifix in Mumbai
Statue in Mumbai, India
The Weeping crucifix in Mumbai is a statue of the crucified Jesus in Mumbai (Bombay) which attracted widespread attention in 2012; when a constant stream of water began to seep from its feet. Some of the local Catholic Christians believed the incident to be a miracle; a skeptic-rationalist and atheist author by the name Sanal Edamaruku, provided evidence that the water stemmed from a faulty sewage system, which seeped due to capillary action. However, Edamaruku also accused Latin Christian priests of regularly scamming devotees and defrauding miracles to make money inorder to build bigger and newer churches or convents,[1] and mocked the Pope as "anti-science".[2] A church representative admitted Edamaruku had the "right to doubt" & Christian activists said that the backlash was not for debunking the alleged "miracle", but for the defamatory statements made on live television.[2] After which he became subsequently subject to multiple first information reports (FIR) under blasphemy laws.[3][4][5][6] A Catholic lawyer and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bombay called for him to apologise for the comments. After receiving a barrage of threats,[citation needed] he migrated to Finland to avoid being arrested under the blasphemy law.[7]