Anglican Priest, Rev. Barr Ogbuchukwu Makuo Lotanna of the Nnewi Diocese has resigned to float a movement that will promote polygamy.
Rev. Lotanna who hails from Mbanagu Otolo Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Council Area, Anambra State recently took the bold decision.
He saidthat he had received a divine mandate from God to embark on a special mission of encouraging polygamy.
According to him, the goal was to reduce the rate of s3xual sins in the world.
Most Christian churches teach against the concept of polygamy, a practice that encourages a man to marry more than one wife.
It is regarded as a sin for a man to engage more than one woman in marital relationship.
Polygamy is practised in different societies across the world where men marry as many wives as they can for procreation and s3xual satisfaction. The practice is, however, outlawed in some countries.
The cleric stated that although the Anglican church was against polygamy, God had revealed to him that polygamy was not a sin, and that God desired men to even marry more than one wife, instead of going for other women they were not married to.
The clergy, who is also a legal practitioner, was ordained an Anglican Priest in 2019, at Cathedral Church of St. Mary’s Uruagu, Nnewi.
Rev. Lotanna who is also married, said that God hated extra-marital affairs, and divorce, and urged men to formally marry their girlfriends to avoid going to hellfire at the end.
Speaking on his new movement, Lotanna said it would be called Gideonites while the place of worship would be called Gideonites’ Temple.
As at the time of writing this report, there was no official response yet from the Nnewi Anglican Diocese on the development. (PBA’s edited report)
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