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World AIDS Day: First African priest to declare HIV status
“Gideon, I am sorry that I am giving you such shocking news, but I want to assure you; we loved you before HIV and we will continue loving, supporting and caring for you even after AIDS.”
Gideon (standing) during a seminar organised by the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda in June 2019.
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
The Rev. Can. Gideon Byamugisha is an Anglican priest living with HIV.
In 1992, he became the first religious leader in Africa to publicly announce that he was HIV-positive.
In 2002, he