Priest believes many women tortured, forced to leave home

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A CATHOLIC priest from Mendi, Southern Highlands, believes there are many women in the province who are being tortured and forced to leave home.
Father Pius Hal, the vicar-general of the diocese of Mendi, said out of the many cases, only few were reported.
“Many people in Mendi think that there is no natural death and every death should have a clear cause,” he said,
“When this happens, the poor and the defenceless are blamed for the death of a person.”
Fr Pius discouraged about 3,000 people he spoke to from practising and consulting witch doctors during difficult times.
“When you hire bush doctors, they do not need proof to blame innocent and vulnerable people,” he said.
“It is a practice of Satanism.
“People should know that doctors are trained and qualified for such matters.”
Yesterday, more than 3,000 people of the Catholic community in Mendi participated in a peaceful march to mark the first international day against witchcraft and sorcery accusations.
Sgt Jimmy Suaip, from the provincial family and sexual violence unit said the day was to remember victims of sorcery accusation violence.
“Many women were hung, tortured and killed in the remotest parts of the province but relatives failed to report the matters in fear of retaliation” he said.
Public solicitor Jenny Kerenga suggested that a safe house should be made available for the victims in the province, especially when they escaped from threats and intimidation.
“We should not always rely on the law and justice sector, it is everyone’s responsibility to protect victims of sorcery-related issues,” Kerenga said.

8 comments

  • The Priest means to fight against demonic princes & principalities in the Heavenly places, Priest, pastors,
    & evangelist that is the work of the Church, Jesus said, I Will build my church, where is that CHURCH that Jesus said will build, We need to raise up to the level where Jesus was, He has given us the Keys of the KINGDOM fight against witchcraft in this nations, if we carry Titles around, demons don’t run away, unless the Church rise up to level Apostle Paul & Jesus were moving. the demon said I know Paul & Jesus, who are you…….

  • I am a pastor from Simbu. I tell my people to stop accusing innocent people for sorcery. But they still do. The priest n group in mendi are doing the right thing. More awareness needs to be done for people to change their mind set. PA

  • Well done Fr Pius you have courageously spoken publicly on a untouched issue. Speaking the truth based on the Bible is remarkable. Other sister churches should have also fall into the protest. We all Bible believing churches do go against women tortured for suspecting them of sorcery and withcrafts networks.

  • Every so call christian men and women to stand up against this crime against innocent men and women.
    When a person die a natural death his or her body needs to undergo autopsy so that the cause of death is explained to the relatives.
    God made man and woman to live a limited time on earth and then we will all die. After that judgement as the bible state.
    Stop this stupidity.

  • Witch possessed people are real, means that these people are used by the devil, doing what they are doing to kill & destroy the people, John 10: 10 The devil came to kill & destroy Gods people..How can we destroy the devil, who can destroy the devil, only Jesus did 2000 years ago, the same authority & the Power that JESUS had, gave it to HIS Church today, Mathew 16; 18-19, witch possessed demon are not Great, God is greater the the Devil, God is raising a Ruminant Church today, who can only destroy the work of the devil, PNG need to rise up & tap into it so you can see the Power of God working, this is our day to shift into to this end time move of God to see the work of the devil coming to an end, Am a witness to what I have seen & am testifying….
    ….

  • This is exactly how the catholic church acted in the dark ages. Witch hunting because of belief in a supernatural being. The irony.

  • This a very good protest and I like it but my appeal to those real witchcraft to stop the practice of jealousy and hunting innocents, it is always a two side of a coin. They were tortured because of their satanic exercise, the only solution is repent and become a true christain

  • I am an educated person and I believe in witchcraft and samguma. These are real and people have to realize that in any situation there is a government and an opposition. If there is a God, then there is an entity called the Devil is real in existence, The Devil uses people to spread his kingdom on earth, likewise God/Jesus uses people to spread his kingdom on earth.
    So Sanguma is real and people who practise sanguma are real.

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