Apostates Punishing “Apostasy”? -The Tragic Case of “Sister” Anastasia and the Hypocrisy of the Modernist Hierarchy.
...whatever is amiss in the details of the story outline is negligible. One thing is sure: she was dismissed from her congregation, and the reason boldly adduced by those who posed to know the mind of the significant authorities involved is her supposed apostasy. This must be kept into perspective to appreciate the strange irony at play. Preamble : Recently the social media space was literally set ablaze by the story of a certain “Reverend Sister” Anastasia of the “ Congregation of Mother of Perpetual Help of the Archangels Sisters” ( MOPHAS), Auchi Diocese, Edo State. The narrative is sharply forked: on the one hand she is seen as a hero, on the other hand, she is seen as a villain. But could either tags be applied to her in the strict sense? Not very likely, but that is not the focus of our concern here. What is of far greater importance is the deeper reality her case exposes. Beneath the heated arguments and surface-level commentaries lies a tragic revelation: the ...
