Disciplinary measures have begun to be meted out to the Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Rev Fr Mbaka as the Catholic Faith bars members and the clergy from worshipping with him or attending his church.
The cleric’s recent travails started after he made an uncomplimentary comment remark about the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Mbaka while addressing his congregants earlier on Wednesday, June 15, described Obi as a ‘stingy’ man who will never be the president of Nigeria.
The cleric said Obi lacked the spirit of generosity, saying “It is better to have a president who is a gifted old man than a young man with ‘gum’ hands.”
His comment has continued to elicit an endless backlash from Nigerians home and abroad regardless of the fact that on Friday, he tendered an apology in a published statement to the former Governor of Anambra State.
Punitive measures have commenced for his consistent comments which are considered not in line with the Catholic teachings.
In 2023, Mbaka was also taken from his parish by the Church management, issued a warning and made to restitute for for meddling in politics.
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The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Bishop Calistus Onaga in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday morning, imposed a ban on Rev. Fr. Mbaka’s Adoration Ministry.
In a letter he personally signed, addressed to ‘All the Clery, Religious and Lay Faithful in the Catholic Diocese of Enugu’, Bishop Onaga banned the Christian group from having anything to do with the Adoration Ministry.
According to him, Mbaka has veered off the Church’s persistent directives and in fulfilment of his pastoral duties as the Chief Shepherd, “I hereby prohibit all Catholics (clergy, religious and lay faithful) henceforth from attending all religious and liturgical activities of the Catholic Adoration Ministry until the due canonical process initiated by the Diocese is concluded.”
While noting that his decision was based on the fact that Mbaka’s teaching and utterances were not consistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church, he enjoined “all Christian faithful to keep praying for Fr. Mbaka.”
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