Christian
Priests have gotten themselves into serious trouble after asking their
members to do something deadly during prayers.
Illustrative photo: A smoke-filled room
Four Christian priests from a Benin Republic anti-voodoo cult were
arrested and charged on Friday for their suspected role in five deaths
during prayers held last month in anticipation of the end of the world,
Reuters reports.
The followers of the “Very Holy Church of Jesus Christ of Baname”
died after they were instructed to seal off their prayer rooms, burn
incense and charcoal and wait for the world to end, residents and a
survivor told Reuters. Others were treated in hospital for severe
breathing problems.
The four priests were charged with manslaughter in the capital Porto Novo and were sent to prison pending trial.
The group’s young woman leader, Vicentia Chanvoukini, known as
“Lady Perfect” and considered a god by her followers, was not charged.
“Those who died are not really members of the church, they are people who came to test us,” she told local radio.
The cult, which denounces Benin’s local voodoo culture, has
thousands of followers in the small West African country. There have
been several violent clashes between the Baname followers, who often
wear red scarves to identify themselves, and members of other faiths
since 2009.
About 40 per cent of Beninois follow voodoo, which includes worship
of royal pythons at the country’s pink Temple of the Python. Voodoo
also enjoys its own national holiday.
Voodoo traditions endure in-spite of efforts by Christian
missionaries to stamp them out in centuries past. Many Christians and
Muslims in Benin incorporate traditional African beliefs into their
faith.
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