{"id":49895,"date":"2023-03-27T11:26:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/catholic-priest-sees-the-light-dumps-christianity-to-become-a-fetish-priest\/"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:26:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:26:39","slug":"catholic-priest-sees-the-light-dumps-christianity-to-become-a-fetish-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/27\/catholic-priest-sees-the-light-dumps-christianity-to-become-a-fetish-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic priest sees the light, dumps Christianity to become a Fetish priest \u00bb \u2122-"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Prof Pius Abioje, a former Catholic priest and lecturer at the University of Ilorin in Kwara State, has explained why he no longer wears a cassock to participate in traditional worship.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>He claimed that he was duped into becoming a Christian and becoming a priest, but that when he returned to his senses, he abandoned the priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>According to the former Head of the Department of Religion at UNILORIN, he left the Catholic church because the concepts he preached did not set well with him, and maturity assisted him in realizing this.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0Actor Kwame Borga in trouble as Mercy Asiedu\u2019s husband vows to sue him for saying Mercy is into hook up<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Abioje said; \u201cAlong the line, I saw that it (priesthood) was not where I belonged but I could not just rush out of it. In the first instance, I never saw myself being celibate, that was why I was surprised when I saw myself joining the priesthood and I had to consult a diviner. I started envying married people. That is what I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also discussed how long he was a priest before resigning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started with St Kizito\u2019s Minor Seminary in Ede (Osun State) in 1973. After that, I attended SS Peter and Paul Catholic Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan (Oyo State) in 1977. In 1981,<\/p>\n<p>I was sent to Rome with the current Bishop of Oyo Diocese, Emmanual Badejo; we studied together in Rome and that was where we completed our seminary training with a university degree. 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