- Also accused of “heinous act against our central place of worship and the sanctity of the Church”
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu on Thursday declared a seven-day union of prayer in reparation and atonement against Reverend Father Camillus Ejike Mbaka of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria for “violently” breaking “into the diocesan cathedral Church and desecrated the holy altar of sacrifice.
Father Mbaka’s followers were also accused of “heinous act against our central place of worship and the sanctity of the Church.”
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu, Callistus Onaga, in a letter dated May 6, 2021 to all Monsignors, Fathers and Sisters titled ‘Prayer of Atonement and Reparation, and sent to all Parishes, Chaplaincies and Religious Houses in Catholic Diocese of Enugu, lamented that they also “brutally vandalized the diocesan bishop’s residence, the cathedral parish house and the secretariat building complex.”
According to the letter by Bishop Onaga, “on 5″ May 2021, the followers of Fr. Camillus Ejike Mbaka of the Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria violently broke into the diocesan cathedral Church and desecrated the holy altar of sacrifice. Over and above this, they brutally vandalized the diocesan bishop’s residence, the cathedral parish house and the secretariat building complex.
“Therefore, I hereby declare and call for a one week union of prayer in reparation and atonement for this heinous act against our central place of worship and the sanctity of the Church. The prayer begins from Friday, 7″ May to Friday, 14″ May 2021. Every parish, chaplaincy and religious community in the Diocese is obliged to participate in this holy activity.
“In addition to the traditional May devotion prayers (like daily benediction), the following prayers are to be offered for this purpose:
(a) 5 decades of the Holy Rosary
(b) Act of Reparation to the Most Blessed Sacrament (attached to this letter) and
(c) Psalms 51 and 23
“I enjoin you to remain sober and keep the diocese in prayer. With divine assistance and grace, we shall overcome this challenging moment. May Our Lady, the Queen of May intercede for us. Amen. United with you in Prayer, I remain, sincerely Yours in Christ.
