Port Harcourt – A Catholic cleric, Rev. Fr. David Iheanacho, has said it was an abomination for criminals to steal a worshipper’s property within the church premises.
“A worshipper in the church has presented both himself and property to God and for a criminal to dare God and tamper with his life or property, it is a challenge to Almighty God,” Iheanacho said yesterday.
The priest spoke to newsmen at Ihitte Aforukwu Mbaise, Imo State, in reaction to last Sunday’s theft of a Toyota Camry car belonging to Mr. Francis Onyeukwu, a senior correspondent with the News Agency of Nigeria, Port Harcourt Zonal Office.
Onyeukwu and his family had gone to Mbaise to drop his father-in-law on Saturday and attended 9am mass on Sunday at St. Gregory’s Catholic Church, Ihitte-Aforukwu, Mbaise.
He observed that his car had been stolen after the mass.
Iheanacho, who described the theft as the first of its kind in the church, said the local church community would offer special service to God, challenging Him to take over the case.
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