Shendam, 07 February, 2025 / 9:12 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Diocese of Shendam is appealing for prayers for the “quick and safe release” of Fr. Cornelius Manzak Damulak, who was abducted on Thursday, February 6.
In a statement shared with ACI Africa, the Chancellor of the Nigerian Catholic Diocese, Fr. Joshua Daffa, says, “With sadness in our hearts, the Diocese of Shendam writes to inform the general public of the abduction of one of her Priests, Rev.Fr. Cornelius Manzak Damulak, a student of Veritas University, Abuja.”
He adds, “This sad event occurred in the early hours of today (Thursday 6) in his residence at Zuma 2 in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory.”
He appeals for prayers for the kidnapped Priest, saying, “We invite all Christ’s faithful and all people of goodwill to storm the heavens with prayer for his quick and safe release from the hands of abductors.”
He adds, “We entrust our brother, Fr. Cornelius Manzak Damulak to the maternal intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary our Mother and all the saints to keep him strong and to return him back to us safe.”
