text: 1) It's a TV character so can't be a "real" anything\n2) His name is EKO not ECHO\n2) The TV character wasn't a priest, his brother Yemi was, Eko was a Nigerian warlord who pretended to be a priest to hide from his enemies\n3) The TV character had some sort of epiphany and turned to god\n\nBut as god is as real as Mr Eko it doesn't matter