Uganda's critical dossier author priest suspended

The Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, has suspended maverick cleric Fr Anthony Musaala, who authored a document criticising Catholic Church colleagues for sexual crimes among others.

Dr Lwanga, in a statement on Tuesday, said Fr Musaala had been suspended for the document, which “damages the good morals of the Catholic believers and faults the church’s teaching”.

According to Dr Lwanga, Fr Musaala admitted to authoring the document, which has been widely circulating on the internet.

“As per now, after the acceptance of Fr Musaala that he authored this document, the law prescribed by the Church in Can. 1369 takes its course. This law states that: “A person is to be punished with a just penalty, who, at a public event or assembly, or in a published writing, or by otherwise using the means of social communication, utters blasphemy, or gravely harms public morals, or rails at or exc...

 

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  • Mary Magdalen
    commented 2013-04-19 10:30:49 -0500


    The church in Uganda definitely needs reform. However this issue is very complex. Fr Musaala the accuser has been under investigation for similar activity for years.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGM8enn_wc

    I cannot vouch for its accuracy but the allegations are long-standing.

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