In response to criticism of his recent sermon that criticized the impolite behavior of some professionals, Dag Heward-Mills has retracted and apologized.
The founder and current Presiding Bishop of the United Denomination Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches claims that his goal was to combat social ills rather than to disparage any particular person or profession.
“My intention as a preacher was not to smear any particular professional or individual but to teach the word of God. To the extent that any relationship has been drawn to any case pending in or out of court or to any individual or individuals, I consider it unfortunate and unintended, and I hereby disassociate myself from it, retract it and render my sincere apologies to anyone who may be affected by it,” Dag Heward-Mills said in a statement dated Tuesday, August 8.
In a video that was made last week, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills criticized the unethical behavior of some lawyers and other professionals.
“The law is powerful but it is in whose hands it falls. If the practice of law falls into the hands of fraudsters and criminals, then the practice of law which is a noble profession changes,” he lamented.
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He gave the example of some young people approaching a lawyer with a terrible case that lacked any convincing evidence, but for the sake of money, the attorney decided to take on the cases instead of advising the potential clients to act morally.
“If you are a lawyer and you are a ruthless criminal, people will come to you with cases that nobody would even touch.
“Like maybe you can have some young men will come to you and say we’ve been cheated at our workplace. We worked for so long and we were treated badly. They didn’t pay our SSNIT, they didn’t pay our pension. They didn’t look after us. When we went abroad, we worked so hard and when we came back, we were maltreated. Look at my age, I’m 45 years old, I have nothing.
“And you have ruthless lawyers who have no scruples; they will do anything for money. A lawyer who has morals will ask you; when you worked you were not paid, can you bring the evidence or some documents? You don’t have any documents, just a pack of lies and you say these people this is how they are. They don’t want media they don’t want this thing; we’ll sue them and they will come and sit down and settle. They are called ambulance lawyers,” the bishop said amid loud cheers in a video that surfaced online.
