According to reports, the Woman had told her husband she was going for a funeral but went to the Priest’s house, with the woman who was discovered to be a member of the Catholic Women’s League at Saint Maurice Catholic Church in Lusaka.
The Priest concerned is also said to be the judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Lusaka.
The Church, however, suspended Rev. Fr. Abel Mwelwa and instructed him to pay for the funeral expenses incurred as a result of the incident which occurred on a Holy Thursday night, when Reverend Father, Abel Mwelwa invited the married woman to the parish house. After the incident became public, Archbishop Alick Banda suspended the clergyman as the judicial vicar of the Archdiocese of Lusaka.
"Father Mwelwa had ceased to be a the parish Priest of Kaunda Square parish." An official memo from the church also stated.
The information read further, “I hereby wish to inform you that I have with immediate effect suspended the Rev. Ringford Abel Mwelwa from the priesthood indefinitely. With this suspension, he ceases to be the Parish Priest for Kaunda Square Parish. Secondly, the priest also ceases to be the Judicial Vicar of the Archbishop of Lusaka.” A part of the memo read.
However, an unconfirmed source claimed that the priest injected something into the deceased. This was done in an attempt to terminate her pregnancy.
However, the deceased family required the clergyman to pay for the funeral expenses. According to a source close to the incident. The woman’s family urged police to look into the true cause of her death.
We, Catholic Gist Int'l do not condemn Rev. Fr. Mwelwa, following the teaching of Jesus in the parable of the Adulterous Woman. We hereby seek that all faithfuls pray for Rev. Fr. Mwelwa and Priests all over the World. These people are humans too, they are striving to be perfect and so, are bound to err like everyone of us.
May Our Lady Queen of Apostles intercede for Fr. Mwelwa and all other Priests who come to her aid. Amen.
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