Relief for three clerics in gay row as court orders ACK to reinstate them

ACK Archdeacon John Njogu Gachau (center) Rev Paul Mwangi Warui (right) and Rev James Maina Maigua (left)celebrate outside the Nyeri Law Court on September 9,2016, after Justice Bryam Ongaya ordered the church to reinstate them.Three priests were suspended on allegations of being homosexuals on August last year.PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD.

A labour relations court in Nyeri has ordered the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) to reinstate three clergy kicked out of the church on allegations of homosexuality.

The Employment and Labour Relations court further ordered the church to compensate the priests with Sh2 million each for the psychological trauma they endured and their accrued salary arrears from August 2015 when they were sent packing.