Many people were shocked when pictures from the conventional wedding with Etta, the pastor's first wife, who he married in 1997 and had two children with, surfaced online.
Barr. Melody Irem, the church secretary, made a statement on August 31, 2022, describing the claims as malevolent and evidence of agents of hell's blatant stupidity.
The bishop's first marriage, according to Barr. Irem, terminated in October 2016 after his ex-wife left the union.
He confirmed that the presiding bishop wed on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, "gloriously, honorably, and enviably," following six years of "unwanted singlehood."
"Our attention has been drawn to an onslaught of malicious, defamatory
fabrication of lies, misrepresentation of facts and outright
demonstration of crass ignorance aimed at tarnishing the hard-earned
image, name and reputation of our highly esteemed and respected man of
God, His Lordship, Bishop Josef Bassey," the statement read.
"Ordinarily, we would have completely ignored it as the Lord whom we
serve knows the truth and is the ultimate defender of his own; but so
that people of goodwill and good conscience do not get deceived or
swayed by this ignominious perpetuation of these agents of Satan
obviously doing the bidding of their master, we therefore feel obliged
to set the records straight as follows
"1. That the first marriage of our man of God ended since October, 2016
after the former wife abandoned the marriage."
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