WE DON’T SUPPORT GAYS, LESBIANS BUT THEY NEED SALVATION NOT PUNISHMENT – CATHOLIC BISHOPS

The Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has asked the Nigerian media and other individuals to stop misinterpreting its stance regarding same sex marriage in the country.

The bishops maintained their earlier position that gays and lesbians do not deserve severe punishment or jail term.

In an article titled, “Still on Same-Sex Union and the Stand of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria”, by the group’s director of social communication, Chris Anyanwu, the CBCN accused journalists of twisting the position of the bishops.

“Nigerian Catholic bishops are very responsible pastors who do not seek the punishment or jailing of persons who err, but to help them unto salvation,” Mr. Anyanwu, a reverend father, said.

The reverend father however expressed worries that a reporter once misrepresented the comments of Mr. Kaigama to mean persons promoting homosexual acts were ‘shameful’ and ‘barbaric’.

“[The] Archbishop Kaigama we know is a careful and pastorally-minded prelate who would not have used such words as: “shameful”, “barbaric”, “madness”, etc. to refer to anyone.

“Our stand was and is ‘no to same sex union’ and ‘no to spreading of the homosexual culture’ which can only complicate our struggle to uphold traditional/ religious/moral values in our country,” he said.

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