Posts Tagged ‘Priests with children’

Priest suspended: claims his bishop fathered four children

Thursday, April 28th, 2022
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A Congolese priest, Father Aimé Lusambo has been suspended after claiming his bishop had fathered four children. Lusambo’s suspension came after he posted a video on Holy Thursday, slamming the Congolese bishops’ March 4 exhortation urging priests who have fathered children to seek laicisation and care for their families The video quickly went viral on Read more

Bishops urge priests who fathered children to leave priesthood

Monday, April 11th, 2022
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Leaders of the bishops’ conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have urged priests who have fathered children to leave the ministry to care for those children. The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) recently issued a 19-page internal document, “At the School of Jesus Christ: for an authentic priestly life.” The paper aims Read more