Gay bishop accuses Uganda of intolerance
Oct 28, 2003
A CANADIAN Anglican bishop, Michael Ingham, has criticised Uganda as one of the countries where homosexual Christians are suffering hardship and rejection.
By John Kakande
A CANADIAN Anglican bishop, Michael Ingham, has criticised Uganda as one of the countries where homosexual Christians are suffering hardship and rejection.
Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster, Canada, who provoked an international controversy by agreeing to bless same-sex relationships, was giving a keynote speech to a conference in Manchester, UK at the weekend.
The conference was organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM).
Bishop Ingham said lesbian and gay Christians were facing persecution in several countries including Uganda.
Other speakers at the conference dubbed ‘Halfway to Lambeth conference’ included Christopher Ssenteza (above), vice president of Integrity, Uganda, according to the online Anglican Communion News Service.
Ssenteza, referred to as vice president of Integrity, Uganda and headmaster of a primary school, was quoted by the Anglican Communion News Service as saying the consecration of Canon Gene Robinson as first openly gay bishop would “be a torch to us in Africa and will give us hopeâ€.
Robinson opened the conference speaking via a live satellite link from New Hampshire, USA.
Ingham said three Ugandans who say they are homosexuals had fled to Canada.
A CANADIAN Anglican bishop, Michael Ingham, has criticised Uganda as one of the countries where homosexual Christians are suffering hardship and rejection.
Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster, Canada, who provoked an international controversy by agreeing to bless same-sex relationships, was giving a keynote speech to a conference in Manchester, UK at the weekend.
The conference was organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM).
Bishop Ingham said lesbian and gay Christians were facing persecution in several countries including Uganda.
Other speakers at the conference dubbed ‘Halfway to Lambeth conference’ included Christopher Ssenteza (above), vice president of Integrity, Uganda, according to the online Anglican Communion News Service.
Ssenteza, referred to as vice president of Integrity, Uganda and headmaster of a primary school, was quoted by the Anglican Communion News Service as saying the consecration of Canon Gene Robinson as first openly gay bishop would “be a torch to us in Africa and will give us hopeâ€.
Robinson opened the conference speaking via a live satellite link from New Hampshire, USA.
Ingham said three Ugandans who say they are homosexuals had fled to Canada.