Kissing Anglican priest sacked, relieved of his duties in St. Monica’s College of Education
Kissing Anglican priest sacked, relieved of his duties in St. Monica’s College of Education. The Anglican priest at the centre of the heavily condemned kissing episode at the St. Monica’s College of Education has indefinitely been relieved of his duties at the school.
In a viral video, Father Balthazar Obeng Larbi, the all-female teacher trainee institution’s chaplain and lawyer, was shown fully clad in his cassock, force-kissing three students in turn in front of an applauding audience.
On one instance, he was seen gesturing to one of the girls, who appeared very uncomfortable with the move, to take off her face mask before holding her head and giving her a kiss on the lips.
According to Edulearnweb sources, school officials decided in a last-minute meeting that the Rev. Fr. Obeng Larbi could no longer hold his posts as a result of the misbehavior.
This decision follows numerous requests from members of the public and civil society organizations for the priest to be sanctioned.
“Since the incident happened, management has been having series of engagements. Management met and took some decisions. We have met convocation, and we have met students at various interaction level. Management also wants to add their voice to exactly what the church has said that the necessary investigations into the matter.”
“I think one that I want everyone to be aware of is that, by the directive of the church, the Bishop has directed that the said Rev. Father should be relieved off all his clerical and pastoral services from the school whilst the investigation is ongoing”, Acting Principal for St. Monica’s College of Education, Dr. Okyere Korankye stated.
The viral video, which was recorded by a member of the church, has drawn widespread outrage on social media, but some have defended the Reverend father, calling his behavior a “holy kiss.”
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Meanwhile, the Africa Education Watch has petitioned the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to investigate an alleged incidence of misconduct and obvious violation of COVID-19 norms at the Asante-Mampong Diocese’s St. Monica’s College of Education in the Ashanti Region.
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The education think tank in a statement said, “we refer to an earlier forwarded viral video alleged to contain disturbing scenes from St Monica’s College of Education, in which one Father Balthazar Obeng Larbi is allegedly forcibly kissing some students under the guise of a religious ritual.”
It was stated that the alleged conduct was committed in flagrant defiance of established COVID-19 protocols, and that the perpetrator should have instead enforced COVID protocol adherence.
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“We are by this letter petitioning your office to conduct an external investigation into the conduct of Father Balthazar Obeng Larbi and sanction appropriately while pronouncing on whether or not the practice of kissing students in public is acceptable conduct in a tertiary institution.”
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