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Catholic Priest commits sacrilegious act, marries two wives and impregnates both!

Very Reverend Father Peter Zuni, 54, priest of the Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, Kakuri parish, Kaduna State, has been sacked for allegedly marrying two women.

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According to Daily Post, the 54-year-old priest of the Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, Kakuri parish, was involved in a secret marriage with two women.

This secret was only revealed by the surviving wife, three weeks ago.

Bishop Ndagoso Manoso, the Archbishop of Kaduna Catholic Diocese, confirmed the news to Sunday Sun, where he announced the dismissal of Father Zuni for breaking his oath of celibacy.

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“This thing happened and nobody knew. But he has to face the sanction. We sacked and disrobed him because what he did is no longer compatible with his vocation as a priest. It was not true that he was transferred to any village. He was about to be transferred on normal routine, but when I heard of this story, I had to cancel the transfer and sacked him.

It is true that he had affairs with two women and they both had children for him, but one of the women is late already. We are not God, we did not know on time until now that he was having affairs with two women. The church said the priest has to go because the church doesn’t allow priests to marry. So he had to go and look after his children and his matrimonial home", he said.

Speaking on the effect of the marriages on the children, the sacked priest, and the entire archdiocese, the Bishop said: “It is very unfortunate that this thing had to happen in my diocese. It is not an easy thing for me; if I tell you what I have been going through in the past few weeks over this issue; it has not been easy for me. Father Zuni was my classmate; we spent seven years in the seminary. At a time he proceeded to Kaduna polytechnic and read Accounting.

You can now imagine what the priest is going through, either spiritually or psychologically. He must be going through hell on earth. This is my concern for him now. The woman and the kids will be going through trauma also. I have been trying to see how I can help him, but I don’t think I have the skills to help him. But he needs help to come to terms with reality.

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By December he will be 30 years in the priesthood, and he is now 54 years old, so at this age what can he do with his life. Nobody can employ him now. He spent seven years in the seminary and 30 years in the priesthood, and that is 37 years, so what can he do with his life at 54? The church too is going through a lot of trauma, so we need everybody’s prayers for us to put this incident behind us.”

In a phone conversation with The Sun, the sacked priest refused to deny or confirm the news.

“Nobody is ordained to remain and work in the city. I have spent five years as parish priest of Queen of Apostles, so I can work anywhere, city or village. I find it difficult myself to believe what people are saying about me. I will not comment on it now. I will follow due process to invite you for an interview, but I am afraid, the newspaper of the archdiocese, The Cross News, may carry this story before you (Sunday Sun)", he said.

Parishioners have revealed their surprise at the sacrilegious news, with one saying: Nobody can say when the priest committed the alleged sinful act. If it happened before his ordination, he wouldn’t have been ordained, so probably it was after his ordination, and you know, God does not sleep, no matter the length of cover up, one day the bubble will burst. And the bubble has burst now."

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Father Zuni is reportedly currently based in Suleja, Niger State.

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