{"id":101329,"date":"2026-07-29T17:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=101329"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:29:26","slug":"catholic-priest-sentenced-to-31-years-in-prison-for-murder-attempted-murder-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/catholic-priest-sentenced-to-31-years-in-prison-for-murder-attempted-murder-in-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0643\u0645 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0633\u062c\u0646 31 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u0627\u064b \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0643\u0627\u0647\u0646 \u0643\u0627\u062b\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0643\u064a \u0628\u062a\u0647\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062a\u0644 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0648\u0639 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u062a\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u0623\u0648\u063a\u0646\u062f\u0627"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>KAMPALA, Uganda \u2014 A Catholic priest previously suspended in Uganda has been sentenced to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of a Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) official and the attempted murder of a man who tried to help, bringing to a close a criminal case that has drawn widespread attention in the East African nation.Justice Flavia Nabakooza of the High Court in Entebbe handed down the sentences on July 23 after Father Dominic Alinga admitted to\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Archbishop Adrian Galbas of Warsaw, Poland, has asked the Vatican to laicize a priest accused of murdering a homeless man. The prelate said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the news of the murder. \u201cDue to the gravity of the crime and the great public outrage, the metropolitan of Warsaw, Archbishop Adrian Galbas, immediately requests the\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\u2018I\u2019m devastated\u2019: Polish archbishop asks Vatican to laicize priest accused of murder","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/%E2%80%98Im-devastated-Polish-archbishop-asks-Vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder.webp?fit=800%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/%E2%80%98Im-devastated-Polish-archbishop-asks-Vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder.webp?fit=800%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/%E2%80%98Im-devastated-Polish-archbishop-asks-Vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder.webp?fit=800%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/%E2%80%98Im-devastated-Polish-archbishop-asks-Vatican-to-laicize-priest-accused-of-murder.webp?fit=800%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":99718,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/pakistan-supreme-court-acquits-all-suspects-in-2014-brick-kiln-murder-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":101329,"position":2},"title":"Pakistan Supreme Court Acquits All Suspects in 2014 Brick Kiln Murder Case","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0648\u0644\u064a\u0648 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered the release of the final three men on death row in the 2014 murder case of a Christian couple, Shahzad Masih and his pregnant wife, Shama Bibi. \u00a0 With this decision, along with the dismissal of a state appeal against the acquittal of 102 other suspects, no one remains convicted or in prison for the attack.\u00a0 Background of the Attack\u00a0 On November 4, 2014, in a village near Kot Radha Kishan, a violent\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":58500,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/massacre-in-congolese-catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers\/","url_meta":{"origin":101329,"position":3},"title":"Massacre in Congolese Catholic church kills at least 31 worshippers","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0633\u0628\u062a\u0645\u0628\u0631 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: chayanuphol\/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 27, 2025 \/ 17:18 pm (CNA). An armed group linked to the Islamic State on Sunday killed dozens of worshippers at a Catholic church in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo while they were participating in a prayer vigil. According to the BBC, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) stormed a church in the town of Komanda, where they shot and killed the worshippers, then looted and set fire\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Massacre in Congolese Catholic church kills at least 31 worshippers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Massacre-in-Congolese-Catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Massacre-in-Congolese-Catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Massacre-in-Congolese-Catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Massacre-in-Congolese-Catholic-church-kills-at-least-31-worshippers.webp?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":101957,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/egypt-executes-convicted-killer-of-coptic-orthodox-priest\/","url_meta":{"origin":101329,"position":4},"title":"Egypt executes convicted killer of Coptic Orthodox priest","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u0623\u063a\u0633\u0637\u0633 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A crime that deeply shocked Egypt\u2019s Coptic community and broader public has reached its legal conclusion after the family of Father Arsanios Wadid confirmed that Egyptian authorities have executed the man convicted of murdering him.The sentence was carried out after all stages of litigation were completed and the defendant had exhausted his available legal appeals, bringing to an end a case that lasted more than four years from the killing to the execution of the final judgment.According to the attorney\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25510,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/catholic-priest-in-nigeria-murdered-by-unidentified-assailants\/","url_meta":{"origin":101329,"position":5},"title":"Catholic priest in Nigeria murdered by \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcunidentified assailants\u2019","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"\u064a\u0646\u0627\u064a\u0631 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was manager of the respective schools of nursing, midwifery, and medical laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala in Nigeria. The priest, who was ordained in 2015, was reportedly murdered on Dec. 26, 2024. \/ Credit: Diocese of Nnewi ACI Africa, Jan 2, 2025 \/ 13:25 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Nnewi in Nigeria is appealing for prayers for the repose of the soul of Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo, who was reportedly murdered on\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u0641\u064a &quot;Christian News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nnewipriest.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nnewipriest.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nnewipriest.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/nnewipriest.jpg?fit=800%2C500&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101329"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=101329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}