[3] He was born among the Somboba people, one of seven children (with five sisters and a brother), the son of the clan's specially trained and initiated master of traditional dances.
[4][5] He subsequently became a teacher at All Souls school in Gona, then, in February 1942, attended St Aidan’s College at Dogura in Milne Bay, to train to become a "teacher-evangelist".
[8][9] In 2007, he was excommunicated after setting a cargo cult with a former Anglican mother superior, Sister Cora (or Kora).
They founded a religious movement which they called the Puwo Gawe Ministry, meaning "come and see" in the Ewage language, in reference to the spirits of the dead allegedly bringing "large quantities of goods" to their relatives, and in reference to the Gospel according to St John, chapter 1 verse 39.
It was also described, along with other cult movements in the Northern Province, as being "a major concern both to the Anglican Church and to the provincial and national governments".
The late Father was not aware that these followers of his were misrepresenting him and using him for their own selfish ends.It called upon the Puwo Gave Ministry's leaders to "say sorry to God for misrepresenting the late Father through their private confessions and return to work with their parish priests and congregations", so as to enable a reconciliation of the province's Anglicans.