Former archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Bulawayo, Pius Ncube, has crawled out of his shell.Ncube, who had been hibernating since 2007 said he would not be silenced by his superiors in Rome and vowed to continue speaking out against misrule.
Ncube has been unusually quiet since his fall from grace after he was caught in a compromising position with a follower from his church.
The disgraced Ncube was ultimately censored from talking to the press by the Vatican after the embarrassing incident.
Ncube was videotaped indulging in sex with a woman, in an expose he believes was a sting operation against him by the state.
The two are said to have become involved when the woman was working at the Roman Catholic Church’s headquarters in Bulawayo.
Following the scandal, Ncube - a fierce critic of President Robert Mugabe’s style of governance - retreated into his shell.
But last Saturday, Ncube made a rare public appearance since the sex scandal pitching up at a belated commemoration of the 11th anniversary of the death of Father Zimbabwe, Joshua Nkomo, at Amakhosi Township Square in Bulawayo.
Speaking to this newspaper, a defiant Ncube said he may be down but was not yet out.
He said the experience had made him stronger.
“There are people who are trying to use other means to get me to stop criticising this (inclusive) government for what it is,” Ncube said.
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