Emmanuel Milingo
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Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo (born 1930, Zambia) is a controversial Roman Catholic archbishop and exorcist.
He was educated in St. Mary's Presbyterial school in Chipata and attended the Kasina Seminary and Kachebere Seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1958, and was the parish priest in Chipata from 1963 to 1966, when he founded the Zambia Helpers Society. He was the secretary of Mass Media at the Zambia Episcopal Conference from 1966 to 1969, when he founded the Daughters of the Redeemer. Pope Paul VI consecrated him as the Bishop of the archdiocese of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. He served there from 1969 to 1983.
In the 1970s while still in Africa, Archbishop Milingo became an exorcist.
He also criticized the Roman Catholic Church for its toleration of homosexuality and broken vows of celibacy among the priesthood:
- "Secret affairs and marriages, illegitimate children, rampant homosexuality, [[ ]] and illicit sex have riddled the priesthood to the extent that the UN Commission on Human Rights has investigated the church for sexual abuse ..." [1] (http://www.wewillstand.org/media/20010808_9.htm)
In 1983, he was asked to resign as the Archbishop of Lusaka because of his "non-conventional" healing ministry, and because he was conducting exorcisms outside of Church authority. He was sent to the Vatican to serve on the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.
He became a supporter of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church and in May 2001, at the age of 71, accepted an arranged marriage with a 43-year-old Korean acupuncturist in New York. Father Gabriele Amorth, Rome's chief appointed exorcist, who knew Emmanuel Milingo, believes that he was "brainwashed by the Moon sect." [2] (http://www.fatima.org/news/newsviews/amorth.asp)
Following his controversial marriage, Milingo was called back to the Church by the Pope.
Links
- Milingo Accuses Catholics of Illicit Sex, Homosexuality (http://www.wewillstand.org/media/20010808_9.htm) - The Post (Lusaka) August 8, 2001
- Rome Exorcist Says Archbishop Milingo "Brainwashed" (http://www.fatima.org/news/newsviews/amorth.asp) - Il Messaggero, May 27, 2001.
- Return of the prodigal son (http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,802995,00.html) - Guardian Unlimited, October 2, 2002.