Church of Uganda Archbishop Stanley Ntagali has lashed out at
parents for neglecting their children.
In his Easter message delivered on Thursday, Archbishop Ntagali said many
parents are giving the excuse of work to abandon their own children.
“Too many parents leave the house before the children are awake and return home
after they are asleep. Children are not being raised by their parents, but are
being raised by house helpers who may not share your values. Children get
concerned and think they are the ones who have caused their parents to neglect
them. But, that is not true. Children have not done anything wrong. It is their
parents who have chosen their own selfish interests and neglected their
children,” he said.
The archbishop also lashed at parents who defile minors.
“We can now exercise self-control as God designed us to do when he made us in
his image. We are no longer like animals that follow only our instincts and
desires,” he said.
He warned that parents no longer have to be enslaved to their selfish decisions
saying that parents should emulate Jesus death and resurrection, get the power
to exercise self-control since they are no longer slaves to sexual instincts
and desires.
He said that the Church of Uganda has declared 2019 to be the Year of Children
as a move to advocate for the children.
