Prominent Ghanaian journalist Bridget Otoo has called for the “castration” of certain Catholic priests who have engaged in sexual misconduct.
On Monday, December 4, 2023, she tweeted her displeasure with priests who harass people sexually, adding that they should not target young people in especially because it is “abominable
Her latest appeal is in line with a prior post she made advocating for priests to be permitted to be married within the Catholic Church.
But several internet users objected to her idea, which tried to address cases of sexual misbehavior among church members.
“Can we Catholics also copy others and let our priests marry instead of the immoral lives they are living?” the writer asked in the post. Raising kids, some of whom are raping ladies and sodomizing helpless lads at the altar? That isn’t what Christlike
The journalist now adopts a more extreme attitude in her most recent follow-up post, even in the face of criticism. Her support for permitting priests to get married has shifted.
Rather, if offenders are unwilling to give up their bad habits, she suggests taking more severe measures against them.
In her letter, she apologized, saying, “I was just trying to be nice when I suggested that Catholic priests be permitted to marry. If they don’t want to stop raping women, sodomizing young boys at the altar, abusing children, and having many children while the church covers it, I propose we castrate them.
