NAIROBI (KENYA)
Nairobi News
January 2, 2019
By Eric Wainaina
The Nairobi Catholic Archdiocese has kicked out a priest, who is under investigation for sexual misconduct.
A priest from Githunguri in Kiambu, who was mid last year accused of sleeping with female parishioners — including schoolgirls and married women — will remain suspended until the outcome of the investigation is vetted and a verdict made at the church headquarters in Rome.
This is after a tribunal formed by John Cardinal Njue filed a report, which sources said had been forwarded to the Vatican.
The youthful priest — who has since left John Paul II, a Catholic institution in Murang’a where he had been banished — was accused of luring young women to his residence and having sex with them.
The residence would at times host lewd parties where girls would be served with alcohol.
He would also arrange outings in hotels where, among other things, the girls would swim naked.
PROCURE ABORTIONS
Some of his victims were reported to be minors. When the girls got pregnant, the priest allegedly helped them to procure abortions.
In one incident, according to sources privy to the priest’s amorous behaviour, he reportedly paid a Sh40,000 bribe to conceal his wayward behaviour.
After the issue was brought to the attention of the church leadership in September last year, Cardinal Njue, who is also the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi, and Auxiliary Bishop David Kamau announced his suspension until the matter is concluded.
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