Our rectory, taken over by Boko Haram – Catholic Church

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h1 class="entry-title" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://www.punchng.com/wp-content/themes/punch/images/dots-horizontal.gif); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-top-color: rgb(255, 1, 1) !important; border-top-style: solid !important; border-top-width: 1px !important; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 9px 4px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Catholic Church on Thursday complained that the Boko Haram insurgents have taken over the parish rectory of its church and other houses of Christians in last week’s attack on Madagali in Adamawa state, Northeast Nigeria.</span></h1> <div class="entry-content" style="overflow: hidden;"> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The church laid this complaint in an electronic press statement by the Director Catholic Social Communications in-charge of the Maiduguri Diocese, Rev. Fr. Gideon Obasogie who said that though the members of the outlawed sect has been known not to draw a line of demarcation on whom to or not to visit with mayhem but in recent time it seems that Christians and Christian institutions have been at the receiving end of the satanic group.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Obasogie said in Madagali, which is a local government that borders Borno and Adamawa states, and the closest town to Gwoza with a large number of Catholics, and members of other Christian denominations equally with a good number of Muslims, “the Whole town and the Parish rectory have been occupied by the terrorists, so many structures and items have been vandalized. Dozens killed and a lot of church structures have been burnt down.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He decried that “Christians in the town are really in a terribly situation; a moment of great persecution.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Christian men are caught and beheaded, the women are forced to become Muslim and are taken as wives to the terrorists. The houses of Christians that have fled are now occupied by the insurgents.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Their cars are used by the terrorists. Some Muslim around identify Christian homes to be occupied and the Christians hiding were also identified and were killed. Strict Sharia Law had been promulgated, as observed by a woman who luckily escaped the death zone.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He lamented that: “The situation as it is now has really and truly gone out of control. People are finding it really hard, citizens are been killed in their numbers.”</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said it is hoped that Nigeria would be real in handling the dwindling state of insecurity that has enveloped the entire North east.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The clergyman said the Catholic Church was compelled to close down all the churches on the major road linking Maiduguri and Adamawa state because of acts of terrorism.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> </div> </div> </div>

Our rectory, taken over by Boko Haram – Catholic Church

The Catholic Church on Thursday complained that the Boko Haram insurgents have taken over the parish rectory of its church and other house...

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