The Catholic Church’s Homa Bay diocese has silenced the microphones for an ordained priest using rap to reach youths for a year for misconduct.
Father Paul Ogalo, an ordained priest of St. Monica Catholic Church in Rapogi area, Uriri constituency was suspended for a year.
The suspension took effect from June 3 after the church’s authority took issues with Ogalo’s style of preaching and wants him to ‘reconsider his manner of preaching.’
Ogalo, 45, after mass entertained his parishioners with rap music, which he said he used to urge the youth in church to abandon the ‘evil deeds of the world and turn to Christ.’
His mood of music attracted youths back to the church and he was a sensation with the faithfuls, the Star carried his story on May 08.
After each mass, Father Masaa, as he was fondly called by his congregants, would change from priests garbs into shorts and baggy shirt, completing the rap look with a red bandana before rapping.
Father Charles Kochiel, judicial vicar of the interdiocesan tribunal of Kisumu and also the dean of studies at St. Aquinnas Seminary, confirmed the priest’s suspension.
