Widow forced to drink water for bathing dead body.
St. Gregory De Great Catholic Church, Ubahuekem, Ihiala in Anambra intervened timeously on Monday to save Mrs Chioma Asomugha from undergoing a harmful widowhood practice under duress.
Chioma, 34, whose husband, Charles, 46, died on April 21 after a protracted illness, was accused of complicity in the death by relatives of the deceased.
They insisted she must drink the water used to bath the remains of her husband to prove her innocence.
The development generated serious feud ahead of Monday’s burial mass, which took place in the deceased’s compound.
The Parish Priest of the church, Rev. Fr. Virginus Udemba, told NAN that it took the intervention of the church and leadership of the village to bring the situation under control for the burial to take place.
“We had a busy Sunday deliberating on the matter before we were able to achieve some peace, which enabled us to conduct the burial mass and interment this morning.
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