Palpable fear has gripped the entire parishioners of Catholic Diocese of Enugu following a midnight attack on St Leo The Great Catholic Church on Monday.

An unidentified group broke into the church and destroyed the altar, where the sacrifice of the Most Precious Body and Blood of Christ was being celebrated and venerated.

The hoodlums committed sacrilege by smashing holy statues in the church, tearing the sacred clothes on the altar and destroying seats meant for the priests and other worshippers in the church. However, they were unable to gain access to the Holy Tabernacle that houses the Holy Eucharist (Body and Blood of Christ). The attack came barely few weeks after a similar attack was recorded at Seat of Wisdom Parish, Abakpa, Enugu, where sacred materials were destroyed. The attackers left a message on the wall, warning the church against idolatry.

Efforts made by our reporter to speak with the priest in-charge of the St Leo The Great Parish, Monsignor Prof Obiora Ike, who is also the Director of the Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace (CIDJAP), was not successful. He failed to pick repeated calls to his mobile phone and equally didn't respond to the message sent to him, informing him of the purpose of the call. However, a priest serving in the diocese, Revd Fr Paulinus Ike Ogara, confirmed the incident. He told Daily Sun that the attackers left monumental damage in the church, as they cut the electrical installations in the area, destroyed the public address system that served the worshippers.

According to him, they left a warning on the wall of the church, warning against the worship of idols. Ogara, who was the former Editor-in-Chief of The Shepherd Newspaper, said the church was being attacked by unknown enemies and warned the perpetrators of the dastardly act to beware of God's wrath. "Terrorists are public enemies.

We must put up a good fight in order to cope with the situation,"he said. Investigations by our reporter revealed that members of the Catholic Church had been sleeping with their eyes open, following incessant attack on the church. Recently, St. Theresa Catholic Cathedral, Nsukka, a few miles away from Enugu, banned bringing bags into the church.

According to the report, the Cathedral Administrator, Revd Fr. Uche Obodoechina, said the ban would commence on September 9. Motorists have also been banned from parking in the church premises and commercial motorcyclists restricted to a designated space within the compound.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/sacrilege-hoodlums-attack-catholic-church-warn-against-idolatry/

2 attacks on 2 catholic churches within 2 weeks?
Something needs to be done urgently. . .tupu agwo aba akirika.

any arrest or investigation made after the first attack or tWas swept under the carpet

BH - eastern diocese.

Christians.. lol..

These attack doesn't make sense! What Idolatry?

As long as they didn't kill anyone...let the church learn a lesson from the note they dropped and also let God judge the bandits.

That is a very bad act. Why going into the church before showing ur passion for idol.

Baal worship...

so what do the security men employed by these churches do at nite?

They need to start taking the premise security serious.

seun and his moderators= tribalist

I guess dis gat 2 do wiv dem worshiping mary n bowing 2 d statue of jesus.


#just saying

only.... I repeat....only God knows what to do. God will arrest them just like HE did to Saul.

Atheists on the prowl.

Prime suspects:

Mosquito, Logic boy, frosbel and others in the religious section.

OkwaIfugo: As long as they didn't kill anyone...let the church learn a lesson from the note they dropped and also let God judge the bandits.

learn from what??!!! Just don't comment again. U Don't understand#

Though catholic church are mostly critized for their doctrine most nigerian christiens prefer to peach thier tent with the catholic church for most of them have being able to distinguish btw motivational speaker who are preaching how to become rich quickly and a true man of God.
May God help.

idowuswap: Igbos with dirty mind.well we all know that robbery is a proffessional buziness 4 igbos.why are they using thier poverty life 2 affect other.sincere nigerian.if they can not work then they should go and jump inside ATLANTIC ocean.useless peeps.thieffffffffff

I don't blame ur age.

bunch of fo.ols,what idol are they talking about?

I smell protestant churches

Why mostly Catholic churches are being attacked? the worst church attach by BH is St Thereza Madalla. The recent attack in Kaduna was also a Catholic church and many more were attacked previously. May God EXPOSE the perperators and punish them,ameen.

idowuswap: Igbos with dirty mind.well we all know that robbery is a proffessional buziness 4 igbos.why are they using thier poverty life 2 affect other.sincere nigerian.if they can not work then they should go and jump inside ATLANTIC ocean.useless peeps.thieffffffffff

Hahahahaha

R Ʊ catholic?

something must be done about this. it's terrible and must be stopped. or it's it the boko haram in disguise? maybe they want to set the Christians against themselves by making it look like it was done by other christian faithfuls.

Its pentecostal churches that are doing it. IMHO its a good development that will lead to end of Christianity in Igboland and return to Afa, Omenala and our ancestral worship.

Catholics and their idol worshiping.....this is War against catholics by the protestants......buh catholics are the origin of christianity and the original christians they were the one that brought christianity to Nigeria...

Abagworo: Its pentecostal churches that are doing it. IMHO its a good development that will lead to end of Christianity in Igboland and return to Afa, Omenala and our ancestral worship.

Jeso mere ha ebere, Virgin Maria nyere ha aka.

idowuswap: Igbos with dirty mind.well we all know that robbery is a proffessional buziness 4 igbos.why are they using thier poverty life 2 affect other.sincere nigerian.if they can not work then they should go and jump inside ATLANTIC ocean.useless peeps.thieffffffffff

. U sure u ok?I guess ur mama bre.ast milk lack colostrolom

ifyalways: 2 attacks on 2 catholic churches within 2 weeks?
Something needs to be done urgently. . .tupu agwo aba akirika.

any arrest or investigation made after the first attack or tWas swept under the carpet

Agwo aba go na akirika already! What they was sacrilegous. blasphemy in a gross way.the reason 4 this is what am pondering.who are they and why did they do this?

What Is Happening?

idowuswap: Igbos with dirty mind.well we all know that robbery is a proffessional buziness 4 igbos.why are they using thier poverty life 2 affect other.sincere nigerian.if they can not work then they should go and jump inside ATLANTIC ocean.useless peeps.thieffffffffff

Is it that you were this daft when you were born or is it that a leper molested you and gave you gonorrhea; an illness which fried your brain cells? #Justcurious#

Abagworo: Its pentecostal churches that are doing it. IMHO its a good development that will lead to end of Christianity in Igboland and return to Afa, Omenala and our ancestral worship.

lol@ ending christianity in igboland,are you for Real?