A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Ehioma, aka Fada Mentor, has triggered controversy on social media after he claimed that a statue of Virgin Mary was shedding blood in Lagos State.
Sharing the photo of a Virgin Mary statue bleeding from the eye, the priest said he heard the occurrence was witnessed at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Agodo Egbe in Lagos.
The priest came under heavy fire after his post went viral with many people accusing him of idolatory, insisting that such is not possible.
In a follow-up post, the priest told critics to be respectful of others’ beliefs when opposing them.
He explained that Catholic Church normally investigate such occurrences first because the Church does not accept everything hook, line, and sinker.
He added that this is to avoid hoaxes as there have been such in the past.
KanyiDaily recalls that recalls that another Catholic Priest, Fr Evaristus Bassey had claimed that the ‘Blessed Virgin Mary’ appeared at the St. Charles Lwanga in Calabar, Cross River state.
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