....can a leopard change its spots..(Jeremiah 13:23)
Can a monkey be a judge in a case that involves destroying the forest. How can you be a judge in case where you are accused.
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The catholic church in Uganda says it has set up a commission to investigate the sexual abuse allegations in Fr.Musaala's missive. Arch.Bishop Cyprian Kizito says that the findings of the commission will not be made public. But we know that the catholic church has been doing this for ages and what has come out of this is hiding the sins of the priests to protect the church. In the USA for example catholic priests has been sued in state courts and the church there, has lost a lot of money in compensating victims. The catholic church should be ware that this precedent is going to be applied else where in the world. Arch Bishop Lwanga says that “We have a well-established forum to handle such matters. Like the military, we do not go to the press. My fellow Bishops and I will address this matter squarely,”. But, the military in Uganda now tries soldiers in the presence of the local people and in the very place where soldiers have committed crimes. So, the military is more transparent than the catholic church. In fact decisions of the military court martial can be challenged in the high court. So, there is no comparison between the catholic way of handling issues and the military.
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Catholic reaction to Fr.A.Musaala’s missive is an exposition of Catholic arrogance and a deeply entrenched deception in a man controlled satanic system: Fr. Musaala’s Sins Are Not The Faults Of The Entire Holy Catholic Church: oH! Really
http://watchmanafrica.blogspot.com/2013/03/catholic-reaction-to-framusaalas_7767.htmlUganda catholic church in disarray : Catholic Charismatic Priest Fr. Musaala exposes priest sex abuse scandals and advocates for end of celibacy and chastity among Diocesan priests
Archbishop Lwanga sacks Fr Musaala over sex claims
Shut up, Catholic Church orders Fr. Musaala
By Tabu Butagira
Posted Tuesday, April 2 2013 at 01:00
Posted Tuesday, April 2 2013 at 01:00
A Catholic priest, who last month exposed prevalence of sexual adventure by his colleagues in violation of celibacy oath, has disengaged from the debate citing an “agreement” he reached with Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga.
Fr. Anthony Musaala, whom the prelate suspended about a fortnight ago for raising the allegations in public, yesterday said he was constrained to further discuss a subject he thrust into the public domain. “I made an agreement with the Archbishop [not to talk to the media] because there was so much happening; so much at stake, he said, “So, I will not comment and I hope you appreciate that.”
Fr. Musaala’s premature withdrawal came a day after Archbishop Lwanga, who suspended him mid-last month, made a U-turn on Easter eve to acknowledge and apologise for alleged sexual abuses, including of minors, by some priests. “It’s sad that there has been some misbehaving by some (priests) as alleged,” he said, before announcing an ad hoc commission had been constituted to inquire into the matter.
Findings of the investigations, according to Archbishop Lwanga, would not be made public because the Church has a cocooned mechanism of resolving such slip-ups.
In his March 12, 2013 dossier, first leaked on the Internet, Fr. Musaala noted that his colleagues had failed to keep celibate, accused the Catholic Church of unsustainable hypocrisy by shielding culpable clerics, and called for frank debate to end the vice he predicted was likely in future to bring down the church. He even suggested, to the chagrin of some Catholics, that willing priests should be allowed to marry instead of eloping with women and running secret homes, which Christians know and gossip about in private.
“Thus the unnecessary and unpalatable deception about celibate priests; that they are chaste when they are not, is clearly contradicted by what is on the ground, he wrote, “The deception is of course not tenable for much longer.”
Church cry
The barbed comments prompted a section of the Catholic community in Uganda to demand Fr. Musaala quits the vocation he joined voluntarily if he wants to marry instead of blackmailing the institution.
In those hey days as a frontline activist, Fr Musaala, who was suspended on March 19, told this newspaper that he had no regrets for authoring the dossier and demanded that cases of sexual abuse, especially of children, in Uganda should not be left to the church alone to tackle. He said then that his exposure of the vice was “a good thing” to draw attention of state actors to sex crimes and child abuse by catholic clerics.
Kampala Archbishop Lwanga offered to work with other bishops to investigate the allegations, nearly two weeks after the Archdiocese’s Judicial Vicar, the Rev. Fr. Andrew Katto-Kasirye, said it was up to Fr. Musaala to undo the damage caused to the church.
It remained unclear if Fr. Musaala, who on Archbishop Lwanga’s prodding agreed not to talk to journalists on the subject, would give up the fight against sexual abuse by his colleagues altogether.
Fr. Musaala commission set up
Publish Date: Apr 02, 2013
The Catholic Church has set up a commission to investigate
allegations by Fr Anthony Musaala that some priests had deviated from the oath
of celibacy.
“We
have set up a commission to look into the allegations by Fr Musaala. As to
whether the allegations are correct or not, the commission will determine,” he
said.
Addressing
journalists at his residence in Rubaga on Saturday, the Archbishop of Kampala,
Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga said the commission would establish the truth.
The
probe stems from a document purportedly authored by Musaala recently, claiming
that many Catholic priests and bishops are sexually abusing minors, have
mistresses and children who they are concealing or have abandoned
The
letter also calls for a review of celibate chastity in the Catholic Church.
Musaala has since acknowledged writing the document, but claims it leaked on
the internet after he gave it to a fellow priest to edit it.
The
Church suspended Musaala from duty, on grounds that the document damaged the
good morals of believers and the church’s teachings.
Lwanga
faulted Musaala for not using the established mechanisms of the church to
express his views, instead choosing to go to the press.
“We have a well-established forum to handle such matters.
Like the military, we do not go to the press. My fellow Bishops and
I will address this matter squarely,” he said.
“I
apologize to victims of any indiscretions that may have been committed, but I
want to assure everyone that the Church will do its duty, and don’t lose hope,”
he said.
Lwanga, however, distanced the church from individual faults
of priests, stating that: ‘nobody commits sins on behalf of an institution.’
He
revealed having met Musaala and received his explanation on the matter. He said
the Church still ‘liked’ Musaala, but maintained that the values of the
Catholic Church would be upheld.
In
his Easter message, the Archbishop appealed to Ugandans to remain hopeful
during difficult times, assuring them that God would not abandon His creation.
He
cited, among others, breakdown in morals and values that were threatening the
family; promiscuity, prostitution, pornography and poverty.
He
said the Church had witnessed moments of sadness during the Lenten season, with
the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.
“With
that background, dark clouds hang over us and everything looked dim and gloomy.
However, we were all filled with happiness when Pope Francis was elected the
266th Pope in the just concluded conclave,” he said.
He
hailed the Pope’s ‘simplicity, love, smile, compassion for the poor and message
of hope,’ saying it had excited everyone.
Lwanga
appealed to the Government to revive the Prosperity for All programme, and
urged investors and organisations to help Ugandans to get out of dire poverty.
