{UAH} HAS UGANDAN ANTI-GAY PASTOR SSEMPA ACCUSED OF DEFILEMENT OF MINOR
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HAS UGANDAN ANTI-GAY PASTOR SSEMPA ACCUSED OF DEFILEMENT OF MINOR
Red Pepper likes to shame and Martin Ssempa shares a name.
By Melanie Nathan, August 14, 2014.
A man by the name of Martin Ssempa has apparently been held by police in Iganga, Uganda, accused of allegedly "defiling" a 17 year old girl in Uganda.
The term defilement is used in Uganda to describe rape of a young under-age person.
Martin Ssempa the Pastor is a married man with children. His wife is an American woman. But apparently it is a different Ssempa who has been hit by the accusation. Now our Pastor will feel what it feels like to stand accused of a crime in the media as it spreads to convict a man with a similar name.
Pastor Ssempa is known for his Bible punching fundamentalist preaching, which he has used to denigrate and accuse gays and lesbians of not living according to the word of God, and deserving of death as pronounced by the Bible.
IT NOW Seems that someone with the name MARTIN Ssempa has be accused of a crime and it may be one that our Pastor himself did not commit, but that someone with his same name will be. And Ssempa who hurts and shames others will feel a momentary sting in the name of name sharing.
Ssempa preaching, using foul language and porn depictions in tirade against gays.
Sometimes Karma rushes in like a tidal wave….
The Red Pepper Report notes as follows:
Iganga police are holding a pastor accused of defiling a 17-year-old girl during a healing prayer session.
Pastor Martin Ssempa (who happens to share the same name with the famous Martin Ssempa of the the anti sodomy campaign) , of The Church of God Healing Centre located in Iganga on Tiptop Hall reportedly took advantage of his 17-year-old victim a student at Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Iganga district when she approached him to pray for her to during night prayers.
According to the minor whose identity has been withheld, the pastor took her inside his room where he repeatedly defiled her and asked not to reveal the matter to anybody.
She says Ssempa promised her school fees in order not to talk about the matter. A medical report shows that the minor was indeed defiled.
Betty Nankwanga, the mother of the defilement victim says that she was nearly tricked into having sex with the same pastor.
Nankwanga says Ssempa convinced her that she had been bewitched by her mother-in-law. Ssempa said Nankwanga's mother-law wanted to break up her marriage. He then offered to pray for her.
She says she became suspicious when during the prayer session, Ssempa started touching her breasts and private parts.
Mathew Otuur, the Iganga police Investigations chief, says that they have subjected the pastor to a medical check up to establish his mental status before he can appear in court on charges of defilement.
This is not the first case of a pastor being accused of sexual harassment.
In April 2014, Pastor Martin Kahira, of Rwandan nationality reportedly defiled a 14-year old girl who had sought his help. The Sazinga Primary School pupil in Mitooma district had wanted Kahira to pray for her recovery from epilepsy.
The Wikipedia notes the following Ssempa quote:
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Of the bill, Ssempa has stated the following:
Some people have asked about the rationale of a death penalty mentioned in the Bill. There has been a lot of misinformation about this matter with headlines such as: "Gays face death penalty in Uganda".
These headlines are deliberately misleading. This penalty applies only in special cases termed 'aggravated homosexuality', which include, those convicted of unlawful homosexual rape of a child or handicapped invalid;
This is a conviction of paedophilles! As highlighted in the problem of 'virgin rape cures HIV/AIDS' the offender can be a person living with HIV; a parent or guardian of the victim where there is abuse of authority!
Finally is the use of drugs to stupefy the child so that they can rape them!. Clearly, the intent of this penalty is to protect weaker members of society from being victimized. Please note that for over 15 years Uganda has had the same penalty for persons who have carnal knowledge of minors heterosexually, mainly to protect against sexual abuse of girls by men. This time, this provision intends to provide equal protection of boys, among others."
In October 2012, Ssempa and five other individuals were convicted in Buganda Road Court of conspiring to tarnish a rival pastor's reputation by falsely accusing him of engaging in homosexuality. The guilty verdict stemmed from a May 2009 incident in which Ssempa and the others engaged in a conspiracy to coerce a male church member at Robert Kayanja's Rubaga Miracle Center Cathedral to claim that he had sexual relations with Kayanja. The six individuals, including Ssempa, were sentenced to a fine of one million shillings each (about US$390) and one hundred hours of community service
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