At UB matriculation ceremony:

Cardinal Tumi hits hard against same sex relationships

From Che Bruno Azenyui in Buea

Cardinal Tumi

Cameroon’s leading cleric and renowned writer Christian Cardinal Tumi has criticized in very strong terms the perverse sexual attitudes currently preached and spearheaded by western nations in the world today.
Tumi was addressing over 8000 newly admitted students of the University of Buea last Saturday during the university’s matriculation ceremony. 

In a 40 minutes discourse that entered on human ethics and morality, the cardinal made a strong case against same sex relationships and other human vices in the world today, describing them as crimes against humanity.

Going by Cardinal Tumi “… man should contribute through marriage, if that is his call, through procreation and the education of children to the preservation of the human race. When God addressed himself to the human race to go marry and multiply, it was not to individuals. It was to the human race. That is why I am strongly convinced that homosexuality and lesbianism are not only grievous ethical faults but crimes against humanity.”

Cardinal Tumi also used the occasion to condemn sexual relationships between unmarried persons describing them as crimes against the moral conscience. Love he said is a relationship between persons and not between bodies as owned even by the animals. He urged members of the university community to love one another at all times, adding that real love is love even for the one who does not love you.

While enjoining the freshmen to be law abiding, loyal to state institutions and dedicated in their academic pursuit, the clergyman assured all present that a successful university is one in which all stakeholders adhere to the institutions and regulations put in place by civil authorities.

Every human action he said should be motivated by “the unmistakable teacher” whom he said is the moral consciences. “If what you say is not in accordance with what you think, then you are lying,” the cardinal emeritus emphasized.

In a profile of the cardinal, UB deputy vice chancellor in charge of internal control and evaluation, Theresa Akenji described the 84 year old cardinal as a man who when standing next to any mountain makes it look like a mount hill. “… an individual whose voice carries messages that echo through hills and valleys…he is bold firm at times, incorruptible and stands for nothing but the truth.”
Appreciating the guest speaker, UB vice chancellor, Nalova Lyonga described his words as a pathway to freedom. “Freedom the students will find on campus and freedom they may not know how to use,” she said.

In her welcome address on the occasion, Nalova admitted a lack of infrastructure to host the 8000 students admitted into the university this year. She appealed to all stakeholders to help the administration to build the University of Buea which she described as the place to be.