Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Nike, Enugu State, Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, has urged Anglican priests against “stealing God’s money” and beating their wives.
He said gave the advice during a sermon tagged, “Three persons to watch”, ahead of the historic preference of six Archdeacons and eight others, canons by the Diocese on the Niger (Anglican Communion) on Sunday.
Among those preferred Archdeacons include Rev. Canon David Ajaefobi, Rev. Canon Chinedu Nnakwue, and Rev. Canon Kperechukwu Nwankwo.
Others are Rev. Canon Chigozie Anieto, Rev. Canon Marcel Emeh and Rev. Canon Dan Uche.
The eight preferred Canons are Rev Wilfred Umeagugugesi, Rev Gabriel Nwabuobi, Rev Ugochukwu Nweke, and Rev Benjamin Obodo.
The rest include Rev Ifeanyi Azubike, Rev Chukwudi J. B. Okafor, Rev Matthew Chukwuneme, and Rev Sunday Achebe.
He also charged the priests to always uphold sound Anglican tradition.
“If you are able to conquer yourself and pride you have conquered all.
“Until you abuse your self no one can, for no man can abuse any pastor until he abuses himself,” Onyia said.
Warned priests against stealing God’s money, he noted that “training children with stolen money makes the children useless”.
“Any pastor that beats his wife is an animal and cannot have anointing,” he said.
