Several churches seized by excommunicated Anglican bishop Nolbert Kunonga’s Anglican Province of Zimbabwe had been desecrated, turned into bedrooms and brothels, an official said yesterday.
Reverend Clifford Dzavo, Harare Diocese secretary for the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA), which has won the battle for the ownership of the church properties, said in an interview investigations revealed that many churches had been defiled during the period they had been occupied by Kunonga’s supporters.
“Our investigations found that many churches had been turned into homes where procreation was taking place and in some instances, even brothels. We will, beginning with the Cathedral in Harare, hold cleansing ceremonies to rededicate the churches to the Lord. We will use Holy water and incense to cleanse the churches before we can worship there. We will also pray to ask God to forgive these people who defiled the churches and we will reconsecrate them for worship,” Dzavo said.
After the cleansing of the Harare Cathedral on December 16, he said, similar exercises would be carried out on a large scale throughout the diocese on Sundays.