Deafening silence! That’s what religious organisations get away with amid public scrutiny – something corporates can’t afford to do.
One wonders if the brazen equanimity has gone on without repercussions because, as philosopher Karl Max observed centuries ago, religion is the opium of the masses.
The silence is alarming in that where major allegations require a rejoinder, mum has been the word.
In the last couple of days, at least two such incidents took over timelines without an official counter.
An internet personality, while being featured on the Outside the Box podcast, went down memory lane about how the vicar of an Orthodox parish in the Chevron area of Lagos purportedly tried to take advantage of her vagrancy following an eviction by her uncle.
The lady accused the resident reverend father at the time of demanding sex in exchange for shelter – a demand that made her rather spend the night on the streets, securing protection by using her last ₦1,000 to buy weed for area boys. She cited the experience as the reason she stopped worshipping in church.
Moving on to the next, “We’re hired actors” is what a TikToker @vaemonie reportedly posted about herself and other participants of the healing institute run by a seasoned televangelist.
She alleged that the man of God staged her healing from sickle cell anemia, stressing that how the school operates makes it difficult to challenge its sophistry.
The lady further disclosed that a cousin of one of her spiritual circle leaders passed away from cancer despite deeply believing assurances from the healing school that she was a survivor.
And boom! The front cover of a 2004 newspaper issue was exhumed and used to buttress the allegation.
