A 70 year old, Fomess Dolan have been arrested by Nepal Police for preaching Christianity with the intention to forcing people into changing their religion. Such acts are criminalised in the secular himalayan nation.
It has been established after his arrest that Dolan had entered Nepal through India illegally without a visa. He is accused of potraying himself as a Doctor and as reported by Himalayan Times “He asked the women, who came to him seeking treatment, to wash off sindur (vermilion powder) from their foreheads and discard potes (traditional glass beads worn by married Hindu women) in the name of Jesus.”
Nepal used to be the only Hindu nation in the world until it was promulgated a secular state in the new constitution of Nepal. Missionaries from the western nations have been criticised for taking this opportunity to spread their own faith into this tiny, peaceful country.
