Ghana Judiciary, has in an unprecedented move appointed a Catholic priest; Reverend Father Joseph Adu Owusu-Agyemang as a High Court Judge in the country.
Reverend Father Josepth Adu Owusu-Agymang is the Parish Priest of All Saints Catholic Church, Santasi Fankyenebra in the Kumasi Archdiocese.
President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House on 16th day of September 2020, inducted 16 Judges including Rev. Fr. Owusu-Agyemang.
The appointment is being celebrated in Ghana as many priests are practicing lawyers, but none has risen to a Judge of the High Court.
Reverend Father Josepth Adu Owusu-Agymang was ordained by Archbishop Peter Akwasi Sarpong as a priest on 14th day of July, 2007. He had been in the Kumasi Archdiocese where he worked at the Archdiocese’s legal service department.
While swearing in the judges, Ghana President, Akufo-Addo, charged the newly appointed Judges to exhibit honesty, discipline, and fairness at all time in dispensation of justice.
“It is, therefore, critical for the growth of the nation that the High Court commands the respect of the people by the quality of its justice, as well as by the comportment of its judges,” the President added.