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Zambia: Excommunicated Catholic archbishop sues, demanding personal properties
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Excommunicated Zambian Roman Catholic archbishop, Emmanuel Milingo has sued trustees of a non-governmental organisation, Zambia Helpers Society, which he founded, for allegedly transferring personal properties without his consent and expelling him from the organisation.
In a statement of claim filed here, Milingo wants the Lusaka High Court to declare his dismissal from the society "null and void".
Milingo astonished the world in 2005, then based at the Vatican, when he broke the celibacy vow at the age of 76 and married a Korean woman, Dr. Maria Sung.
According to a statement of claim, Milingo wants the court to declare that the transfer of his personal property to Zambia Helpers Society was fraudulently done.
Also, he wants the court to restore him to his position and status in Zambia Helpers Society, which he founded in 1966 but its name was changed in 1994.
Milingo explained that when he left for the Vatican in 1983, the Society continued to perform its objectives until 1994 when he realised that certain aspects of the organisation were not complied with.
“When I got married in 2002, the trustees believed that I have left the Society and called a meeting without myself or informing my proxy, at which amendments were made to the Trust Deed without my approval, resulting in reduced influence and powers in the society,” he stated.
Before his transfer to the Vatican, the former archbishop commanded a lot of influence in Zambia through his healing miracles.
-0- PANA MM/AR 4Sept2014
In a statement of claim filed here, Milingo wants the Lusaka High Court to declare his dismissal from the society "null and void".
Milingo astonished the world in 2005, then based at the Vatican, when he broke the celibacy vow at the age of 76 and married a Korean woman, Dr. Maria Sung.
According to a statement of claim, Milingo wants the court to declare that the transfer of his personal property to Zambia Helpers Society was fraudulently done.
Also, he wants the court to restore him to his position and status in Zambia Helpers Society, which he founded in 1966 but its name was changed in 1994.
Milingo explained that when he left for the Vatican in 1983, the Society continued to perform its objectives until 1994 when he realised that certain aspects of the organisation were not complied with.
“When I got married in 2002, the trustees believed that I have left the Society and called a meeting without myself or informing my proxy, at which amendments were made to the Trust Deed without my approval, resulting in reduced influence and powers in the society,” he stated.
Before his transfer to the Vatican, the former archbishop commanded a lot of influence in Zambia through his healing miracles.
-0- PANA MM/AR 4Sept2014
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