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This is the video of my responses to questions from Malayalam "News Chanel 18" on Orthodox position about court orders particularly on Kothamangalam Marthoman Orthodox Cheriyapally case telecast on October 28th 2019. I participated in the discussion from my office at Mannuthy. Unfortunately, their video uploading system was not working. So there was only audio from me. The court repeatedly asked the police to give enough protection to Very Rev. Fr. Thomas Paul Ramban, who is recognized by the Hon. Court as the lawful vicar of the Church. But a group of people have been preventing him from functioning. He had gone to the Church three times and all those occasions people tried to prevent him from entering the Church. The police sided with those law breakers. He was once physically attacked and his vehicle was vandalized. The fourth time, the court strongly asked the top police officer (DGP) to see that he was given ample protection. But here also the police refused to obey the order of the court. There was a discussion on this Chanel about our position. There were two others, one media person and one former police officer participating. The police officer, though was misinformed about the history of the Church, appreciated our peaceful attitude. But the media person was too one sided and supportive of law breakers. I have omitted most of their comments. My courtesy to Chanel 18