Nigerian Seminarian’s Escape Exploited by Neo-Church Media to Mask Apostasy
The EWTN News portal, through its African affiliate ACI Africa, reports the escape of a seminarian, Kelvin Ochai, abducted on July 29, 2026, from the residence of the “bishop” of Otukpo, Michael Ekwoyi Apochi, in Nigeria. The “chancellor,” “Father” Joseph Aboyi Itodo, issued a statement thanking the “people of God,” the police, and a parish for the seminarian’s safe return, while appealing for prayers for other captives and for “peace and stability” in the nation. The article frames the crisis through the lens of secular security threats—Boko Haram, Fulani militia—devoid of any supernatural analysis. This report is not a testimony of grace but a public relations exercise by the conciliar sect to normalize its collaboration with civil authority and its silence on the doctrinal ruin of souls.