{"id":65911,"date":"2024-01-30T18:33:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=65911"},"modified":"2024-01-30T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T16:32:03","slug":"busia-priest-arrested-over-defilement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/busia-priest-arrested-over-defilement","title":{"rendered":"Busia priest arrested over defilement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Police in the eastern Uganda border district of Busia have arrested a Catholic priest on allegations of defiling a 17-year-old primary school leaver.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Police picked up the priest from Dabani Parish headquarters, where he is attached, and briefly detained him at Dabani Police Station, before transferring him to Busia Central Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives at Dabani Police Station, who are privy to the investigation, say they have carried out tests on the girl and established she was defiled, while tests on the prelate indicate that he had sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are analysing the suspect\u2019s HIV status, although a Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy) test on the girl returned negative results,\u201d the police source said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>At Busia Central Police Station where the suspect was transferred, an anonymous detective described his state as being \u201calcoholic and shivering\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tibbs Asiimwe, the Busia District Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) Officer, confirmed the priest\u2019s arrest on allegations of defilement, but added that he had been released on medical grounds after his health deteriorated while in their custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was difficult to keep him in police cells until today (Monday). We feared (that) he would cause us \u201cproblems\u201d and gave him bond so that he can access treatment, come back this week and we take him to court,\u201d Mr Asiimwe further explained.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic Church doctrine demands that Priests are supposed to practice celibacy and not to engage in acts of sexual intercourse.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the victim\u2019s family told this publication that the suspect was arrested after he reportedly returned her home after she went missing for four days.<\/p>\n<p>The victim is said to have sat for her Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at one of the schools in the district.<\/p>\n<p>SEE MORE: Two West Ankole diocese reverends accused of defilement<\/p>\n<p>Luweero reverend acquitted after battling six-year defilement case<\/p>\n<p>Jinja pastor arrested for alleged defilement, child trafficking<\/p>\n<p>Pastor arrested for defiling Primary Seven girl<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, the priest was \u201cdrunk\u201d when he returned with the victim and that when her parents asked him where their daughter had been, he reportedly \u201charassed\u201d them before riding away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe priest brought the victim back home on a motorcycle, and when we tried asking him where the girl had been, he started quarrelling,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>The source added: \u201cOur daughter went missing for four days and when she finally appeared with the Priest, we were suspicious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following a hunch that the priest had been keeping the girl at his house at the parish, the family filed a formal complaint at Dabani Police Station, which triggered the domino effect leading to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Police in the eastern Uganda border district of Busia have arrested a Catholic priest on allegations of defiling a 17-year-old primary school leaver. Police picked up the priest from Dabani Parish headquarters, where he is attached, and briefly detained him at Dabani Police Station, before transferring him to Busia Central Police Station. 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