The forgotten mass murder of 'anti-gay' martyrs

WND ^ | 06/02/2022 | Scott Lively

[Jan_Sobieski]

It was morning in East Africa. The day was May 26, 1886, and along the shore of Lake Victoria the mist still hung thickly in the jungle undergrowth, although the sun had risen well above the horizon. The night-time cacophony of wildlife had long since subsided, and the land was quiet except for the buzzing of insects and the murmur of hushed voices.

In a wide clearing on a hill above the lake, a dramatic scene unfolded. Uganda's King Mwanga was holding court in the open-air gathering place in front of his temporary residence, his royal palace being under repair after a fire.

The occasion was the trial of Charles Lwanga, head of the royal pageboys and a convert from native pagan beliefs to Catholicism. Many of the young men under his care had become Catholics as well, while others had become Anglicans.

Lwanga's crime was defiance of the king, whose authority over his subjects was total. The nature of his defiance was refusing to submit himself or his wards to homosexual sodomy by Mwanga, a violent pederast with voracious carnal appetites.

Lwanga knew he could expect no mercy from King Mwanga. In the preceding months, the monarch had murdered five men for espousing Christian values, including the Anglican bishop, James Hannington, and his own senior adviser Joseph Makasa (a recent Catholic convert) who criticized Mwanga for killing Hannington without giving him the traditional right to argue in his own defense. For that Makasa was beheaded. Three of Hannigton's Anglican congregants were dismembered and their bodies burned…

[Jan_Sobieski]

Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: 5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. […] 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

[fwdude]

THanks for posting. I saw this in my email feed but didn’t know Scott had posted it on WND yet. Good read.

[pke]

Fearless martyrs pray for us.

[BurrOh]

At the Mass I attended for first Friday, the sermon was about Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions.

Thank you for posting.

[packrat35]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lwanga

[BurrOh]

Fearless martyrs pray for us.

Amen. Amen.

[Guenevere]

Bttt!