Nigeria: Archbishop Denies Attack On Homosexuals
23 April 2008
Abuja
Archbishop Benjamin Kwashi, of the Jos province, (Anglican Communion), has denied allegations that the leader of a group representing "Anglican" homosexuals in the country was attacked.
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja, Kwashi rebuffed a statement credited to the Archbishop of Canterbury (ABC) on the alleged attack.
Kwashi was reacting to an allegation by Mr Davis Mac-Iyalla, leader of Changing Attitude Nigeria, that homosexuals were being physically assaulted in the country.
Iyalla had requested the intervention of the ABC as the 'spiritual leader' of the global Anglican Communion.
According to Kwashi, the ABC criticised the alleged assaults on gay Anglicans in Nigeria , describing it as " latest round of unchristian bullying ."
However, the Jos archbishop said: "I have personally tried to discover the place or nature of the attacks and threats without success. the rest
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