Church leaders, cops rescue 60-year-old woman from sorcery torture

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Church leaders, cops rescue 60-year-old woman from sorcery torture

PORT MORESBY: Really, when will sorcery-related violence (SRV) stop in Papua New Guinea (PNG)?

Yet another SRV was reported in Enga on Friday (Aug 6, 2021) and its 60-year-old woman was rescued by church leaders.

Come on Papua New Guineans! Don’t you want to be more human and see PNG progress and transform into a developed nation?

SRV will only serve to mar PNG’s international image and thus derail the country’s socio-economic progress as it affects investor confidence.

Details of the SRV news break were published by The National:

 

Woman saved from torturers

August 10, 2021The NationalMain Stories

By PHOEBE GWANGILO
A WOMAN who was tortured after being accused of practising sorcery had to be rescued by a church leader and later taken to a health centre in Enga last week.
Dickson Tanda, of the Catholic church’s Caritas sorcery accusation-related violence programme, said he was accompanied by policemen on Friday to Ayaka village to take the 60-year-old Nenanu Kui from the home of the catechist to the Yamtu Health Centre.
Enga police commander Supt Epenes Nili was out of the province yesterday and could not comment.
The local catechist who had heard about her torture brought her to his home.
She had burns and other injuries.
Tanda said the villagers had blamed Kui for the death of a man on Wednesday who had been drinking for three consecutive days.
“They entered her house while she was sleeping, dragged her out and set fire to her,” Tanda said.
“She was beaten and tortured the whole of Thursday until our catechist brought her to his home.
“On Friday, we went with police and brought her to the Yamtu Health Centre.”
Tanda said health workers were hesitant to treat her at first until the bishop of the Wabag Catholic diocese called the health centre and ordered the officer in charge to immediately attend to her.
“The bishop told the officer at the health centre that the Catholic church advocates against sorcery accusation-related violence and the woman must be (treated) immediately,” he said.

 

 

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