Church leaders met with a Jonglei rebel leader and his supporters three months ago and clashes with government troops stopped in the restive state.
Retired Bishop Paride Taban of Torit told the press that he was brought to the Jonglei peace process by the Murle community who knew his peace efforts in Kuron village.
He said he and a number of Church leaders went to Ethiopia to meet with David Yau Yau’s supporters in order to contact their leader.
Bishop Taban disclosed that later he met Yau Yau with the help of UNMISS, the UN Mission in South Sudan, in Jonglei.
The bishop thanked the leadership of South Sudan for supporting a peaceful solution to the Jonglei conflict.
Bishop Taban said since talks with Yau Yau started three months ago the rebels stopped attacking the army.
He said that the current attacks were done by unruly youths that only the community is able to control.
Bishop Taban underlined that the Jonglei crisis is resolved only through peaceful dialogue and all county commissioners and Boma administrators should be involved in the negotiations.
The peacemaker bishop was speaking to the press in Juba during the presentation of a pastoral message by the bishops of South Sudan.