Two priests kidnapped from parish rectory in Nigeria
A religious missionary order in Nigeria is appealing for the safe release of two of its members who were abducted on Feb. 1.
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A religious missionary order in Nigeria is appealing for the safe release of two of its members who were abducted on Feb. 1.
Father Kingsley Eze, parish priest of St. Michael’s Umuekebi Catholic Church in Nigeria’s Imo state, was kidnapped Nov. 30 and his whereabouts are unknown.
Father Hans-Joachim Lohre, a member of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa who was reportedly kidnapped in Bamako, Mali, has been set free.
Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide, a parish priest at St. Mary Amofia-Agu Affa Parish in the Enugu Diocese, was set free on Thursday evening, Sept. 21.
“When the men took us, I had so much fear in my heart, thinking of the worst that could happen to us. I couldn’t stop praying,” seminarian Melchior Maharini said.