The Gender Policy of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) was released in December 2009. The Foreword was scripted by Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese, under whose jurisdiction the now infamous parish of Njarakal falls. It states: “The Gender Policy took shape from the earnest desire of the women and men of the country to bring equality and harmony to all. It is based on the mutual understanding that both male and female are created in the image and likeness of the divine. It rejects all types of discrimination against women as being contrary to God’s intent and purpose.” It is hard to reconcile this statement with the reality of the dispute involving the CMC sisters of Little Flower Girls High school and the parish priest of St. Mary’s Church Njarakal which has turned into a longstanding and festering sore in the Catholic Church in Kerala. It began with the parish priest establishing claim to the school. In 1971 a forged document was furtively used by him to change the management and Educational Agency of Little Flower Girls High School to himself.