An Indian Catholic nun who protested against a bishop accused of rape says she has been "denied justice" by the Vatican.
The Vatican rejected an appeal by Sister Lucy Kalappura against her dismissal by the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) in Kerala state.
She said she would not leave the convent and now plans to go to court.
Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been accused of raping a nun 13 times times between 2014 and 2016.
He was arrested after unprecedented protests by nuns who came out in support of the alleged victim last year before being released on bail.
He denies all the charges against him.
Sister Lucy was expelled on the grounds that her "lifestyle was in violation of the proper law of the FCC."
She told the BBC's Yogita Limaye that she was "not at all satisfied" with the Vatican's response who she alleges did not even contact her to get her side of the story.
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