Hundreds of Mongu residents today gathered at Limulunga Local Court to witness a case involving a Roman Catholic Priest who has been accused of committing adultery.
From 09:00hours to about 18:00hrs this evening, scores of residents missed their lunch and braved the scotching heat to hear allegations of moral misconduct against a local Catholic clergy.
Appearing before Senior Local Court Magistrate David Kachimwa and Local Magistrate Matina Mutete was Father Leo Ululi of St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Parish in Limulunga Royal village.
Facts before the court are that on dates unknown but between January 2011 and March 5, 2011, the clergyman is alleged to have committed adultery with Ireen Simaubi , a Zambia Prison Service (ZPS) officer.
[pullquote]“Your worship I have now been turned into a Catholic Priest while Fr. Ululi has now assumed my position and is enjoying life with my wife,” he complained.[/pullquote]
Ireen’s husband Hector Simaubi 33, officer-in-Charge at Limulunga Police Station told the court that the accused priest had been frequenting his house, making mobile phone calls and sending text messages as well as picking and staying out with his wife even during awkward hours.
Mr. Simaubi told the packed courtroom that his wife’s attitude towards him has changed since she joined the St. Lawrence Catholic Parish in Limulunga Royal Village where Fr. Ululi is Priest.
He explained that his marriage is no longer the same as his wife has allegedly continued to deny him sex.
“Your worship I have now been turned into a Catholic Priest while Fr. Ululi has now assumed my position and is enjoying life with my wife,” he complained.
In both cross examination and defence, the Priest pleaded not guilty to the charge of adultery.
“Your Worship, the plaintiff has failed to bring before this august gathering tangible and scientific evidence to prove that I had sexual intercourse with his wife,” he said.
During the court hearing which took close to 10 hours, the accused, Fr. Ululi called in seven witnesses while the plaintiff called in only four witnesses.
[pullquote]“Your Worship, the plaintiff has failed to bring before this august gathering tangible and scientific evidence to prove that I had sexual intercourse with his wife,” he said.[/pullquote]
When asked to explain the meaning of the 77 mobile phone calls and 48 text messages allegedly sent from his phone to Mrs. Simaubi as evidenced in a printout from a named mobile phone provider, the Catholic Priest told the court that his conversations were mostly on Church matters.
He insisted that he could not give details about the matter because he was under the seal of confession under the cannon law of the Catholic Priesthood.
“As a priest I receive a lot of confessions from different church members which cannot be disclosed to anyone,” he explained.
And when asked to explain why he signed a document in which he is quoted as having accepted of making numerous phone calls and spending time with Mrs. Simaubi, Fr. Ululi told the court that he was made to sign under duress.
“Your worship I was dealing with a policeman who threatened to shoot and assault me if I failed to comply,” he said.
[pullquote]Meanwhile Fr. Ululi has alleged that his case has been politically motivated owing to massive publicity it has attracted.[/pullquote]
At one moment during the hearing, there was audible murmuring within and outside the courtroom when defence witnesses continued giving conflicting evidence.
A case in point was when one of the defence witnesses, only identified as Mubita confessed that he had actually tipped the plaintiff that he suspected his wife and the priest were having an intimate relationship.
Meanwhile Fr. Ululi has alleged that his case has been politically motivated owing to massive publicity it has attracted.
The case has since been adjourned to Friday March 18 for judgment.
ZANIS
not the christians again!!
“Your worship I have now been turned into a Catholic Priest while Fr. Ululi has now assumed my position and is enjoying life with my wife,” he complained. – LMAO
“Your worship I have now been turned into a Catholic Priest while Fr. Ululi has now assumed my position and is enjoying life with my wife,” he complained.
Hehehehehe funny,reminds me of how the outspoken critic of Mugabe Archbishop Pius Ncube was silence after being caught on camera having sex with his secretary.These fathers are hypocrites!!
it reminds me of the Zimbabwe preist who was scandalised and put on cctv by the mugabe regime. the priest was silenced and i can see the same happening here. priests will be targeted to ensure they aer quiet.MMD will go all the way just to win the elections.this case is similar to the nsanda case where no tangiable evidence of sexual misconduct was present. unless caught in the act or by sms evidence this case is a non starter and shuold be thrown out
#2 Nubian Princess
My focus as well..lol
Zambia is full of politics , eh, how do you send 77 calls and 48 sms to somebody’s wife and claim the whole thing is politically motivated? And the guy is being sexually starved when decideds to take you to court about it and you gather courage to say the case is politically motivated.
It is multi party politics for real.
Where is Bishop- DUFFY (the outspoken clegy). Can he lecture on the morals he always talks about???? DUFFY DUFFY DUFFY DUFFY!!!
Let whoever has not commited a sin be the first to throw a stone
I think most Zambians have a lot to learn from the number of phone calls and sms messages between the evergreen Father Leo Ululi and Ireen Simaubi. I mean, imagine if there were 77 mobile phone calls and 48 text messages between: Bwezani and Sata; Sata and HH; Mpombo and Bwezani; Kalusha and Kamanga; The Litunga and Linyungandambo; Obama and Osama; Mugabe and Morgan; Nawakwi and Dora etc, won’t there be lesser misunderstandings and conflicts in Zambia and the world today? We need to share love dear brethrens, in all its facets ;-))
Kashi filalowa sana sana ifi fintu……
“Your worship I have now been turned into a Catholic Priest while Fr. Ululi has now assumed my position and is enjoying life with my wife,” Hheheheh!!! Classic, absolutely classic. You only find such lines in Hollywood movies!!!
You’re right on the spot.It’s absolutely classic. Had it been a ringtone,
I’d have it on my mobile. Hehehe…
WHERE IS BISHOP DUFFY???? I NEED HIS COMMENT BECAUSE HE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO COMMENT IF THERE IS WHAT HE SEES WRONG IN GOVT.——–AND THIS HAS HAPPENED AT HIS BACKYARD! Duffy please condemn the way you condem RB with strong words.
Fatherless Ululi ba mugwila shishita.
Everyone knows these i.diots are screwing other people’s women.
Shameless f.oo.ls
This is good news to mongu residents other than BRE issues, when men go to fight for BRE issues priest feasts on ur women next it will be wives of those in custody for treason. Anyone with numbers of any treasons men wives? no more BRE..MUZASILA
fatherless bwalya you are next!
I grew up with this chap, I personally know him. I am not surprised that he has been screwing other people’s wives……Thats sad.
Bishop Duffy should dismiss this chap and ask him to go for VCT, There could be other women involved ka.
Mwaiche Leo, Priesthood ikali, its not for the weak..hahaaaa
The pope must allow these preists to release their energies in normal way by having wives. They have been a big let down as far sexual matters are concerned. Some of them are dying from AIDS because they have no time of getting condoms.
Milingo is now a happily married man
#17 you’re very funny, I acn’t help but laugh out loud. indeed they are stupid after being in starvation for so long. Fu.c.k this nigga’s man. they sit people in those confessio n boxes at church, who do they confess to i wonder.
Useless a normal person can see that this case is not going any where, there should be strong evidence from this man or else the priest will laugh last here. How do you depend on hearsay and then go to court wasting the court’s time. This is useless, what adultery when you dont even have strong evidence?
whats the reason of being a priest when you know that you like sex,this priest must be fired coz he is a false priest and he is misleading people in his preaching. he is very stupid and should be locked up no messi on him
Here we go again.
If anyone says anything in favor of RB/MMD today, I will come and find you wherever you are and kick you so hard between your legs you will start throwing up egg yolks.
Zambia needs change and it will not be in MMD with RB, VJ, Dora, GBM, Liato – ok I need to stop, this line up makes me want to projectile puke
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Catholics, please please confession is done only to the Almighty, he is ‘the (ONLY) hearer of prayers’, not these adulteress in the name of priests. Kneeling before a priest is tantamount to idolatry. Also, if I may say something, there is nothing wrong (biblicaly) about marrying, so these so called monks should be allowed to marry to avoid these shameful reports. In Philadelphia 37 priest were suspended because of the abusing children. How sad.
Tapali evidence ati balimupopela umukashi. he is just jelousy
The Good Lord God said if you cannot control your urge marry. Sex after the gift of salvation through Jesus, and then marriage is the third greatest gift God gave us. I shall find you the verse.
1 Corinthians 7:7-9 (New International Version, ©2011)
7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried[a] and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do. 9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
Duffy should condemn this as it is happening in is backyard where morals are 100% as he professes to be the most outstanding person where morals are concerned in Zambia. He is a champion.
“As a priest I receive a lot of confessions from different church members which cannot be disclosed to anyone,” he explained.
77+48=125 CONFESSIONS? chikamba uyu was eating this woman.what cofessions, let his honourable judge cage this randy son of a bi.tch.
Ale lya kapala !!
#9, You afre a darling…you have made my day with your presumed drama…why Nawakwi and Dora for that matter?
We know that the catholic clergy is the worst cabal of hypocirites in the world.These ‘fathers’ fu..ck their nuns and when the nuns are pegnant they sacrifice the foetus to satan or dump the child in their so many orphanages.I even wonder how a grown up can go and confess his/her sins to a mortal man/sinner.
#23 kick yourself because you are the one who has mentioned the group under a story TOTALLY
We have nothing to loose as catholic. DONCH KUBEBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about time these guys where just allowed to marry.
Where is Bishop Duffy???? i need his comment!!!!
Why do we always blame men when it comes to adautery? these days women go for men especialy in churches in the name of ”pastor praying for them”
I wonder why priests can not just start marrying than all the indecent things they do (most of them),I saw alot of things during my school life at a catholic school-they misrepresent what they have told the follows that they do
Bishop Duffy’s buddies are at it again. And these are the people who want to teach us morality and how to run our nation??????
Priests are just human as you…nokutunga bala tunga ba mambala over futi. HULE ni CHIHULE chabe. Lesson learnt here is that be careful to whom you disclose your private issues whether a priest or elders becuase some chaps will use the same information to screw you big time. E.g if Ireen Simaubi went to confess to Leo that the husband, Mr.Simaubi is not putting pipe, Leo will know that Ireen is vulnerable and as adventuroius as Leo sounds to be, nishi kulya. And for men out there just sympathise with Mr. Simaubi, you never know when such issues arrive on your door steps.
I have always known that Catholic priests always do this! Why go under oath when they know they are sexually active! ala…. This is so disappointing but not new! I wish well to the plaintiff and i wish him success in this case. And most of all, i feel pity for the wife, that run around woman! Given the ring and she still wants it from outside…. Especially from a father!!! kikikiki\:d/
The priest can not resist nature. When the tsunami of feelings sweeps in his body, he finds it hard look away from Ireen. He ends up making numerous phone calls and sending text messages. Just get a wife for yourself that is what Peter in the Bible advised us. Those who can not resist temptation should be married to one wife or husband.
There is nothing strange about this case father ululi is just human who succumbed to temptation.The men of God face alot of temptations and those who fail to resist end up in such situations.
I hope this is not true least it is a big shame. Taking advantage of someone else wife is just pure rubbish. If the priest in question wants, let him resign from his priesthood and get a single girl/woman. There are plenty of single girls around.
It confirms that Milingo has been correct afterall…priests should jst start marrying..God isnt stupid to have made us active……
there is no evidence.case closed
There are so many weird things which happen in the Catholic church which people don’t just talk about because they are brain washed.I too was in a Catholic school and the nuns would insult us if we didn’t wake up early. Some had affairs with teachers etc. Let them marry, its evident they can’t control themselves that is why in Europe they are molesting children.
With phone calls it is not easy to prove what they talked about…all we want to know are the SMSs.
Dis z Hilarious
@# 48. SMS will give more information. Ifyo alile umupatili ka? Now I do not blame myself for quitting priesthood. This could have happened to me. I have seen what these Christian women are able to do when i visit my home village and I am with my priest friends. They even mistaken me for a priest and they are all over me.
Am not catholic but i understand these people are not angelsl, they make mistakes just like the rest of us.
Let the self confessed ‘Catholic Fundamentalist’ and Gay Rights advocate, Michael Chilufya Sata now talk about people grabbing other people’s wives!
Live drama indeed, this case took the whole day 9:00 – 18:00hrs. Mongu residents had a taste of the ‘Jerry Springer show’.
Let’s make the world a better place, let’s get rid of religion and bring the clergy for all the war and sex crimes they have committed and been shielded from prosecution by hiding under the religious veil.
This is the problem with these christian b.astards, who condemn homosexuality but approve adultery as a small sin.
Does God exist? If He does he could punish such people like you father without a child!!!!
Im not catholic, Im just suprise with the number of people who attended the court… what you all should not forget is that catholic church has played and plays a big roll in our governing of the Govt of the day… politics must be at play in this case, whether gulty or not … Zambia is a christian nation, I can’t support adultery, but I appreciate catholic role in our politics.
its the woman who took herself to be done, why are you all talking about the priest, the woman is the hule that left her home for a new feeling from the priest, nao muntu we, judgement is not for us but for the Lord!
I said THE WOMAN IS THE H.U.L.E THAT LEFT HER HOME!
Better done outside court. Court just destroys be careful all of you. Evidence possible if you probe further using evidence from the phones. Note that every sms, voice msg is recorded.
If the father is guilt dont waste time just admit to minimise on charges. Lozi women have undergone specific orientation be careful. Avoid the forbidden fruit
No need to be caught in the act. Staying with someone’s wife in a private and vulnerable place is a civil crime in tradition circles. Be careful avoid such situations, its not easy to resist women especially that you are a starving and energetic man of God. Lead us not into temptation. We are all vulnerable.
It takes two to commit sex. The woman took advantage of the situation and the relationship reached a level where they two could no longer hide. The woman is to blame. Remember what happened to Adam and Eve. History is repeating itself. Never act alone in spiritual and sacred activities. You will be tempted in your own net. Whether you claim to be innocent deep down you know what happened. Adultery occurs even by looking at a woman and wants to commit sin. Go for confession today and plead for mercy before you spoil the holy church and that congregation. You could have solved the problem if you were not a hardcore. What is wrong with modern Christians. You annoy me with your fake statements..
A hundred days for a thief, one day for the owner.
No evidence! We need to see pictures of the father on top of the woman then we can say Yes he committed adultery. In my view this man just want to make a name out of nothing. Shame on you bloggers who think you are cool. After all the man does not satisfy the woman so what do you expect her to do.
I live in a country where court reporters do a great job reporting whats happening in court for any lay man. I must say this report is very half-baked. Among may other faults, we are told about the accused calling 7 witnesses and the plaintif 4 but what these witnesses said is not reported. We are told about the priest saying the plaintiff has failed “to prove that I had sexual intercourse with his wife,” Is this in concluding or is he just refuting evidence? We are told about the text messages but their content is never revealed. Zambian journalists pleaaaaaase wake up and report properly!
the priest did not commit adultery, it’s the wife that committed adultery, the priest merely fornicated with this woman. a person that is not married ca not commit adultery.
Whether the lady in question seduced the priest or not, 77 phone callz and 48 text messagez iz not in order.
Lets not say much about this matter.. a Priest is a man just like us and he do have much feelings just like us. One thing for sure we people make these Priest do all these they do, Women also make these Priests to go out of line.. we all know that these guyz have feelings then you are there sending you girls to the Priests house, you know they have feelings then you are there going there to ask for help when you even know that it’s not help you want but sex.. Lets be the onez to help them not to be in a bad position it our job to do that..
Others it’s the way of making money! they even send there wives to go and do other Priest so that they can get some money from them.. anyway only God knows the truth.. and for you Priests it’s not good to be in problems like these, you are people we…
Bakakwafwa, pay the holy priest for helping the poor man, may be he cannot perform…….eeeh no evidence for any sexual activities, ….the guy has no shame wasebanya umukashi obe priests help a lot of pipo in their marriage difficulties……i see no connection with Bishop Duffy in this case.
“Whoever has never committed any sin be the first one to throw a stone at the woman”, John 8:7, “Matthew 7:3-5, “why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but do not consider the plank in your own eye?, or how can you say to your brother, let me remove the speck from your eyee; and look, a plank is in your own eye.”Hypocrite! first remove the plank from your own eye, and then remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Caution to my fellow christians and non christians, before we throw stones to the priest, let us first reflect on our own lives. Mind you sin is not sexual sin, judge not lest you be judged yourself.
Mind you sin is not only sexual sin! Judge not lest you be judged yourself.
Am I my brother’s keeper ba fee colour!
Spemu ya mupatili yalitimbile so ninshi aishilelyapo yafumine kwati ni mud rush. Woman alaba abalume ayamba ukuya ku mupatili uwa nzuna
Cases of UBUCHENDE in the local courts never take this long (09-18.00 hrs), lies and exaggeration of this story.
Roman Catholic Church my foot! This is not a church, it is just a social club where riffrufs meet to eat those cornpuffs and think themself holy. No. # 71, if you are a Christian, then yes you are your brother’s keeper catch colour!!!!
come to think of it, most of us women are h.ules, & yet our husbands think they are the only ones who cheat! lol, we are just careful. now, ubuchende bwamwanakashi ebutoba inganda so why is this centered on the man & not the h.ule. me wonders
Ifya bupuba awe mwandi ma comments but when it comes to serious issues the brains clogges. What is the problem kanshi.
These chaps are a bunch of horny buggers, hiding behind the cloth. Why would you call someone else’s wife 77 times + 48 texts under a false pretext of counselling/ confession? bull-crap; the husband needs to urgently grab this hypocrite by his hairy b-alls and squeeze them real tight. The hypocrisy in the catholic church is appaling and needs to be contained. They should allow these goons to marry in order to satisfy their s-exual needs instead of pretending to be pure, while fcking children and other men’s wives on the down low.
Ba No.74 Noah or whatever you call yourself even if you are a bootlicker or pagan learn to respect catholics.
#3 is this how you cheat people on public, are you sure with what you wrote that bishop Ncube was caught by camera having sex. you lier!!# 7 who is the subject in this matter? is it the church or ululi? what do you know about the church and the bishop? #13 out of dull people i have heard and see here its you the issue you dnt know you only run to call Gods men as *****s i think you worth 100 times as you think them to be. sorry you just pushed me to vomit it.
# 74 uli cipumbu if you think you can fight catholic church you are too young my dear dnt show your ignorance about religion apo upelele you dnt know how to respect other religions you end up insulting wat if the church knows you? are fit to stand with the church you bagger can you produce the reasons why you condemn the doctrines of THE CHURCH you learn to reason and distinguish the church and club. what is the church according to your capacity ?
Keheheheheh….Yep-yep…whoray….Ole, Ole, Oleeeeeee!
We know these things happen!!!! And they happened!!!! And we know this chechi in quetion is powerful world over and will continue to be until the Son of Man comes. If anything, watch it get more and more powerful to unify the world as more chaos strike the world. And when everyone shall say peace and unity has come under the chechi shall the Son of Man come. Seek the Truth and you shall find it while it still can be found.
#79 Ba sydo
Archbishop Pius Ncube was caught on camera naked and the woman(Mrs Sibanda the Secretary seated on the bed).She even confessed in court.Google Archibishop Pius Ncube sex scandle and you will see for yourself the naked Ncube.Tinavuona vili na pa internet.
And this is his admission:
Zimbabwe: Pius Ncube Admits Sex Scandal On Video
DISGRACED Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube made a shocking admission to the sex allegations involving a married woman despite his earlier claims that the charges were orchestrated by the state in order to prevent him from speaking out on human rights, the Zimbabwe Guardian can reveal.
Archbishop Pius Ncube, for long the most outspoken critic of President Robert Mugabe made the shocking revelation to Frontier Africa TV — an independent film production company — just before he boarded a plane for the Vatican in November 2007.
The video has now been released only a week to the crucial harmonised elections in Zimbabwe.
In the video, Ncube apologised and spoke out fiercely against President Mugabe ahead of the March 29 elections.
“It is true, I do admit that I did fail in keeping God’s commandment with regard to adultery,” admitted Pius Ncube in the interview. “Having failed in keeping the Seventh Commandment Thou shalt not commit adultery, I would like to apologise to you, I’d like to apologise that so many of you were praying for me, for the fact that so many of you standing with me in fact suffered so much.”
Ncube was reported to have been involved with Rosemary Sibanda — a married woman and member of his parish. It was reported that Sibanda herself admitted that she had an affair with the…
It reminds me of the woman caught in adultery. Most of the comments come from the pharissees and the scribes who puport to be sinless. ‘let the one who hasn’t sinned before be the first to throw a stone’. And they left one by one starting with the elders….
>:) kapala ali na spelenjani iya conc. so muka bbuju decides it is better than the husband’s shaft and kandies! chili swao bad!
I stand by my comments. I have no apology to make. Let the wicked Priests in your man-made and man-centered ‘Church’ apolgise for their sins. You may call me a pagan but is your Adulterous Priest any better? Get Involved Zambia!!!!
Ba No.78 UBUNTU says:
March 17, 2011 at 2:46 pm
Ba No.74 Noah or whatever you call yourself even if you are a bootlicker or pagan learn to respect catholics.
Ba 78 or UBUNTU whatever or you call yourself , Let your ‘Church’ earn its respect. I am a respecter of God not false priests
it is very bad new that person that called him self catholic priest can do this nonseince
mwandi Noah, respect is earned and just given to everyadulterous chee color posing as a priest. These ph.ools don’t learn. This chi archaic celibacy nonsense cannot work, it has failed to work and will never work.
ubuchende pa church… nga mwema pastors LEAGUE YAFIKA PESA?
Hi there
The catholic priest of the Diocese of Torun in Poland (the bishop Andrzej Suski) romanced for several years with married woman and probably has with her child. Despite the ban imposed on him all the time he kept in touch with married woman. This action led to the collapse of the marriage and he constantly maintains contacts with her. The Diocese of Torun does not take any meaningful action to prevent further adultery. It is, on the contrary, because the Chancellor encouraged married woman to employ the lawyer. The Episcopal Curia did not take any action in order to save marriage but even created ideal conditions for maintaining a sinful relationship between married woman and priest. The Episcopal Curia does not want to take any conversation to resolve the situation.