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(CEN) Arrest warrant issued for the Archbishop of Tanzania

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Kendall Harmon

A Tanzanian court has issued an arrest warrant for Archbishop Valentino Mokiwa, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania (ACT).

On June 13 the High Court in Arusha issued a bench warrant for Dr. Mokiwa for contempt of court, after prosecutors claimed the archbishop ignored a court order blocking the consecration of the Bishop of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Sources in Tanzania report that as of June 14 the archbishop had not yet been served by police with the warrant.

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One comment on “(CEN) Arrest warrant issued for the Archbishop of Tanzania”

  1. Dale Rye says:
    June 17, 2011 at 3:17 am

    This fits a recent pattern elsewhere on the continent of state intervention in internal religious matters.