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	Uganda: Priest Defrocked over Sexual Assault in Kabale By Robert Muhereza allAfrica September 17, 2007 http://allafrica.com/stories/200709170304.html The Church of Uganda Diocese of Kigezi has defrocked a priest over accusations of defilement. Rev. Kenneth Edison Byaruhanga allegedly defiled and impregnated an under age girl in 2005 when he was the parish priest at Rubaya centre in Ndorwa West, Kabale District. The Diocesan Secretary, Rev. George Tumwine, confirmed Rev. Byaruhanga's dismissal on Thursday and said he is expected to hand over all the clerical tools to the diocesan offices without fail. "We suspended the man in 2005 after receiving claims that he impregnated a minor at his work station. Investigations have been carried out and the final decision of defrocking him has been agreed upon," he told Daily Monitor. "He is no longer working in our diocese because his integrity has been diluted." However, Rev. Tumwine did not say whether Rev. Byaruhanga would be handed over to the Director of Public Prosecutions. In his appeal to the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Rev Byaruhanga said his troubles began when he banned the consumption of an alcoholic porridge locally called Enturire in Rubaya Parish. "There is no proof that I committed the offence," he said.
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