Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:19:53 +0000 By JACK MAPAPAYI A SEMINARIAN at Mushindamo’s St Mary’s Catholic Parish is on the run after he assaulted a local parish priest, Fr Davis Samundengo, when the two differed over presentation of the homily. The incident occurred on Tuesday around 20:00 hours at the priest’s house. Both Mushindamo district commissioner Benson Ngambo and Solwezi Diocese pastoral coordinator Fr Sydney Lubinda confirmed the incident in separate interviews. Fr Lubinda told the Daily Nation that Fr Samundengo was assaulted by Gideon Manda using an iron bar. He explained that according to the priest, Brother Manda was required to present the homily to the parish priest before preaching to the congregation of which Manda did not oblige, hence the confrontation. “The priest had insisted to hear it before it was preached in church and that was what started it,” Fr Lubinda said. He said after supper, Manda came into the room where […]
