{"id":4790,"date":"2011-07-27T19:52:52","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T23:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2011-07-27T16:50:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T20:50:34","slug":"india-tells-63-year-old-nun-to-leave-pressure-from-extremists-blamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/india-tells-63-year-old-nun-to-leave-pressure-from-extremists-blamed","title":{"rendered":"India tells 63-year-old nun to leave; pressure from Hindu extremists blamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 63-year-old British nun caring for leprosy patients for three decades in Bangalore, India, was preparing to leave the country Monday after the Indian government refused to extend her resident permit without giving any reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m leaving with a heavy heart. I feel it\u2019s not my loss alone but a loss to thousands of patients inflicted by leprosy,\u201d Jacqueline Jean McEwan, whom leprosy patients call their \u201cMother Teresa,\u201d told the <em>Times of India<\/em> Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sister Jean, as she is popularly known, wasn\u2019t given any reason by the Ministry of Home Affairs but just asked to leave by Monday, <em>The Hindu<\/em> newspaper reported. She is affiliated with the Montfort Missionaries, a Catholic order in Britain.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <em>Christian Post,<\/em> Dr. Sajan K. 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