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Some Catholic Priests in Southeast Extort Bereaved Families – Chimamanda Adichie

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Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has berated the Catholic Church in the Southeast region over financial demands made during burial and other ceremonial rites.

In an interview with TVC, the renowned author narrated how she and her family were humiliated and extorted by a Catholic Priest at St Paul’s Abba, Anambra State, during her mother’s funeral.

The writer said: “This Priest at the mass called me out during my mother’s funeral with a hostile tone saying I’m against people giving money to the Church, I don’t want Church to give to the widows who had people upset and the place rowdy.

“I was shocked by his utterances and needed to address the Church; I got the Microphone and told villagers that I’m not against supporting the Church but priest ambushing/ forcing people to give and make them feel they don’t get special blessings if they don’t give money. WHY ambush poor villagers that can’t feed themselves.

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“To do this at my mother’s funeral who devoted her life in that Church, I was sad the Priest lacked compassion to give my mum the last respect. My mother deserved better, that Priest failed at his duty to comfort us but increase our pains. I’ve not been able to mourn my mother in peace because this man has not faced any action for his irresponsibility nor apologised.

“This Priest bullied my family about money when my father died, he was upset I gave a cow, and didn’t monetize it, even for bazaar I had to withdraw cash because he does not want cheques or transfers.

“I’m saying this publicly because I don’t want this to happen to people anymore.

“There’s so much that happens during burials in Igbo land, especially Catholic Church in the southeast which shows the Priest is lacking in compassion, they make all sort of demands and may refuse to bury someone because of rites that can’t be fulfilled.

“This needs to be addressed and stopped. So far no one has faced any consequences and we have not received any apologies.

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She added: “The wrong we suffered has not been corrected, there are people who have experienced humiliation just to give their parents a befitting Catholic funeral, and this is wrong.”

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