A court has sent a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, to prison for allegedly defiling and impregnating a teenage girl...For More CONTINUE THE FULL READING▶▶
The victim claimed that the priest had been forcefully having sex with her since he was 14-year-old
The teenager said Fr. Nwaigwe took her to Benin City, Edo state after she informed him she was pregnant
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Akwa, Anambra state – A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, has been remanded to the Nigerian Correctional Center, for allegedly defiling and impregnating a teenage girl in Anambra state.
The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, Anambra state capital gave the judgement on November 20, Tribune reported.
Court remands Catholic priest for defiling, impregnating teenage girl in Anambra
Catholic Priest remanded in prison for impregnating teenager
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Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe was said to have met the teenager at the St. Albert The Great Catholic Church Parish, Obosi, where he was invited for a religious church programme.
The priest allegedly forcefully took the pregnant minor to Benin City, Edo State, where she delivered her baby.
The teenager told the court that the priest took her from her parents to live with him when she was 14 years old, The Punch reported.
She said the Rev Fr promised to sponsor her education, while she equally served as his cook.
The victim narrated that after she moved in with the priest, he started forcing himself on her sexually until she became pregnant at the age of 17.
She further stated that the priest took her from Ihiala, where they lived, to somewhere in Benin City, Edo State, after she him about her pregnancy.
The teenager said the priest took her to a couple, who he introduced to her as his brother and brother’s wife.
“But when I gave birth to my baby at a native birth attendant’s house in Benin City, I was told that the baby died and when I made efforts for them to show me the dead baby, they said it had been buried”.…CONTINUE.FULL.READING>>>
