Authorities and Christian ministries are fighting a major problem in Uganda: child sacrifice.
Many animists believe that sacrificing children can bring them wealth.
Witchdoctors carry out the sacrifices, either killing the child or mutilating him or her to collect blood and organs thought to bestow special powers. So some children survive, but with gruesome injuries.
A traffic has emerged, with kidnappers stealing children and selling them for sacrifice.
From Veronica Neffinger, Pastor Teams Up with Law Enforcement to Stop Brutal Child Sacrifices – Christian News Headlines:
A pastor in Uganda has joined forces with law enforcement and politicians to put a stop to the brutal and barbaric practice of child sacrifice.
In Uganda, ancient superstition still holds sway over many people. Witch doctors say that the spirits are pleased with the blood of children, so even well-to-do businessmen are kidnapping and killing children in order to attain supposed good fortune.
“Witch doctors believe that when you kidnap a child you get wealth, you get protection,” said Pastor Peter Sewakiryanga who was hunting down a witch doctor accused of kidnapping and killing children.
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Photograph of Babylonian cylinder seal representing the sacrifice of a child to Moloch by Joachim Menant (Glyptique Orientale, fig. 95 (p. 152);) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
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