Obala, centre region:

Married Catholic Priest stripped of his cassock

A Roman Catholic Priest in Obala diocese, Rev. Father Leon Magloire Foe has been suspended from carrying out God’s work after it was discovered that he was legally married and had biological children.

                The Bishop of the Obala Diocese, Mgr. Sosthene Leopold BayemiMatjei signed and published the decision suspending Fr. Leon Magloire son 8 July 2017.

                Father Leon Magloire is said to have officially contracted his marriage to AlineSolangeNgono, at the EzezangMendoum civil status registry. They were blessed several children.

                Father Leon’s marriage to Aline came to public notice when he sought court action to gain custody over his children. This was after the marriage had later become unstable.

                Though the court granted Fr. Magloire’s request, the matter however, became a scandal in town, when Christian faithful got wind that the priest had a legal wife with whom he had made children.

                The scandal forced the Bishop to suspend the priest. The Bishop’s decision was in respect of Canon Law (Canon 1394) which forbids Roman Catholic priests from marrying and having children.