In Nigeria, a priest is kidnapped after celebrating a funeral

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"It is with shock but strong faith in God's love and protection that we announce to the priests, religious, lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Onitsha and to all men and women of good will, the kidnapping of our priest, Reverend Father Joseph Igweagu, parish priest of St Joseph, Abata, Nsugbe. »

Joseph Igweagu, parish priest of St. Joseph Parish, was abducted on October 12 in Umunnachi, Anambra State, southeast Nigeria.

"It is with shock but strong faith in God's love and protection that we announce to the priests, religious, lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Onitsha and to all men and women of good will, the kidnapping of our priest, Reverend Father Joseph Igweagu, parish priest of St Joseph, Abata, Nsugbe. »

The priest was kidnapped in the evening, when he had just celebrated a funeral mass.

In a statement sent to theAgenzia Fides, the Archdiocese specifies that he "is doing everything possible to obtain his release" and calls for "sincere prayers for his unconditional release from the hands of his kidnappers".

MC


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