Anglican Church in Uganda reclaims 34 churches
by Godfrey Olukya, Virtueonline:
‘Bishop’ Charles Okunya Ooode, formerly Bishop-elect in Uganda’s Anglican Church, became a religious rebel a year ago and started a breakaway Church in the Eastern Uganda Diocese of Kumi and called it Reformed Anglican Church.
He gained some followers and they grabbed 34 Churches belonging to the Anglican Church and sent away the priests and workers.
But last week, The Church of Uganda, Diocese of Kumi started an operation to reclaim the churches previously taken over by the Reformed Anglican Church its members and Bishop Oode.
According to The Independent magazine, an operation started March 8, was led by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, The Most Rev. Dr. Samuel Stephen Kazimba Mugalu and the Bishop of Kumi Diocese, Rt. Rev. Michael Okwi Esakhan in the company of security heads and local government leaders in Kumi and Ngora districts.
Archbishop Kaziimba arrived in Kumi Diocese for a four-day official pastoral visit on Friday reclaimed three churches and commissioned St. Stephen CoU Oladot in Mukungoro Archdeaconry. The other reclaimed churches are; St. Peter’s Kanyum CoU, Aterai CoU and Onyakelo CoU in Kumi district.
During the operation, priests and lay readers belonging to the Reformed Anglican Church were evicted from their church houses by angry Christians and the security team moving with the archbishop.
The CoU Communications Officer, Adams Sadiiki says that the operations will continue until all the 34 churches hijacked by Bishop Okunya and his team are recovered.
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