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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A group Christians in Kayunga District have vowed never to pray from Bugonya Church of Uganda after a couple was caught red-handed having sex near the pulpit on the altar.<\/p>\n

Leaders of the church in Kayunga District\u2019s Kayonza Sub County now say they have entered an unspecified number of days of fasting and prayer following what they described as \u201ca shocking sinful act.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, locals told Monitor<\/b> that they will avoid the church until its leaders organize a special function to cleanse it of the \u201csatanic act that happened in God\u2019s house on Tuesday at around 8pm.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the lovebirds are not church members, Bugonya LC1 chairman George William Kanda explained that a 23-year-old male Catholic resident of his village sneaked into the church with a female Muslim through a window.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey accessed the church through the windows since the doors were shut down,\u201d Kanda said.<\/p>\n

The man is married with two children while the woman is said to be staying with her mother in Bugonya Village after divorcing her ex-husband with whom they were staying in Kitimbwa Town Council, according to local authorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the official wife red handedly caught them naked, she raised alarm that drew residents to the scene. The two were arrested amid condemnation from residents. A head gear belonging to the woman and a T shirt for the man are being kept at the LCs residence as exhibits,\u201d Kanda said noting that \u201cthe owner of the T-shirt is well known to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kanda said the couple was dragged to his office half-naked and he has since entered a case of promiscuity against the suspects.<\/p>\n

However, he set the pair free saying that \u201cthe LC court will convene soon to hear the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kanda notes that by Thursday morning, the man had fled from his home and his whereabouts were unknown.<\/p>\n

\u201cA case does not rot. He will answer for his sin anytime he comes back,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Kayunga District Officer in-charge of the Criminal Investigations Department Beatrice Ajwang said she heard about the incident but the case had not been reported to police.<\/p>\n

Bugonya Church of Uganda lay leader Aaron Komugisha told this publication that they are organizing a ceremony during which the clergy from the district will gather to pray for the church before it resumes operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cA number of clergy have since visited the church and they are shocked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

“The couple should repent and seek God’s forgiveness,” one church member who was at the scene noted.<\/p>\n

Bugonya village is located about 35 kilometers from Kayunga Town.<\/p>\n

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