Tension continues to simmer at the Mateer Memorial Church at the LMS compound in the capital city, a month after the south Kerala diocese of the Church of South India (CSI) took over control of the church and converted it into a cathedral, making it the headquarters of the CSI Moderator Dharmaraj Rasalam.
On Sunday, the police had to stop large number of parishioners of the church, who are opposed to the move, after they took out a protest march to the Martyr's Column at Palayam. The move was to prevent a confrontation of the parishioners with the CSI's official faction who were organising the CSI platinum jubilee celebrations on the church premises.
The police had barricaded the main road in front of the Public Office at Museum Junction. The parishioners' rally, headed to the Martyr's Column, reached the junction in the afternoon.
