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GHANA CHILD BRIDE UNDER POLICE PROTECTION AFTER MARRIAGE TO PRIEST

A 12-year-old girl in Ghana has been placed under police protection after it emerged she had been married to a 63-year-old traditional high priest.

According to the BBC The priest, Nuumo Borketey Laweh Tsuru  is a respected member of a community in the Nungua area of the capital, Accra.

The priest, known as a “Gborbu Wulomo,” performs sacrifices, prays for their protection, enforces cultural practices, and leads traditional rites during events like the installation of traditional chiefs.

The ceremony was attended by dozens of community members, and women advised the girl to dress teasingly for her husband.

Community leaders say such duties would not be expected for another six years, when she would be 18.

However, civil society groups continue to condemn the marriage, arguing that the perceived acceptance of child marriages and the open brazen approval or defense of the practice by influential community leaders have the potential to embolden certain deviant behaviors like pedophilia.

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