FORBIDDEN LOVE TURNS FATAL: Catholic Priest Murdered URA Officer Over Woman

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FORBIDDEN LOVE TURNS FATAL: Catholic Priest Murdered URA Officer Over Woman

BY ADMINIMARCH 11, 2025NO COMMENTS4 MINS READ

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has laid bare shocking evidence in the Entebbe Chief Magistrate’s Court against a Catholic priest accused of brutally murdering a man in what appears to be a love affair turned deadly.

Prosecutor Janet Kitimbo presented the damning indictment against Rev. Fr. Dominic Alinga on January 11, painting a chilling picture of betrayal, rage, and deadly consequences.

Fr. Alinga allegedly killed his close friend, John Bosco Ngorok, an employee of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), in a fit of passion after discovering Ngorok had been involved with his secret lover.

To make matters worse, Ngorok was accused of exposing the affair to the church, leading to Fr. Alinga’s suspension.

Bound by his vows, Fr. Alinga was expected to remain celibate, but his desires had led him down a forbidden path. When Ngorok betrayed him, the consequences were fatal.

According to the prosecution’s evidence, on the fateful night of August 2, Fr. Alinga lured Ngorok into his vehicle under the guise of reconciliation.

CCTV footage captured the two together, heading down the Kampala-Entebbe Express Highway.

But instead of seeking peace, the priest had already made up his mind—his revenge would be swift and merciless.

Earlier that evening, Fr. Alinga had been seen purchasing a knife at Port Bell Supermarket in Kireka. He examined it carefully, as though choosing the perfect instrument for his crime.

This same weapon, the prosecution asserts, would later be used to slash his friend’s throat in a cold-blooded attack.

At around 11 p.m., the priest confronted Ngorok in the car, accusing him of spilling secrets to the church leadership. The conversation turned heated, and in a moment of blind fury, he stabbed Ngorok in the neck.

The wounded man, bleeding profusely, staggered out of the vehicle in a desperate attempt to save himself.

A passing motorcyclist, Mugisha, witnessed Ngorok’s frantic escape. The dying man pleaded for help, but before he could be rescued, Fr. Alinga chased after him, claiming he was a thief.

When Mugisha hesitated, the priest changed his story, saying Ngorok was his brother and needed urgent assistance.

Under this guise, the priest joined Mugisha on his motorcycle, pretending to help track down his victim. But once he caught up with the weakened Ngorok, he attacked him again, beating him as his life slipped away.

Ngorok, barely conscious, was placed on the motorcycle and rushed to the hospital, where he made his final, damning confession.

He called his relatives, telling them to prepare to collect his body—Fr. Alinga had killed him over a woman. His words would be his last.

The prosecution detailed how the priest, in a final act of cruelty, deliberately ran over Ngorok and the motorcyclist, knocking them off the road before abandoning his vehicle and fleeing the scene.

But the net was already closing in.

After the murder, Fr. Alinga sought refuge at a friend’s house, confessing his crime. But with media reports already naming him as the prime suspect, his friend convinced him to surrender to the authorities.

The evidence against the priest is overwhelming.

The prosecution will rely on CCTV footage, forensic reports, a postmortem examination, a crime scene reconstruction, DNA analysis, and telephone records, among other pieces of evidence, to prove its case.

Following the reading of the charges, Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis committed Fr. Alinga to the High Court for trial. Until then, he remains in custody at Kigo Prison, awaiting justice.

BACKGROUND

Initially, police reported that John Bosco Ngorok had been stabbed at around 1 a.m. on August 2 in Entebbe.

He had recently been assigned to the Domestic Tax Station there. Rev. Fr. Dominic Alinga fled the scene but was later arrested in Tororo, nearly 270 kilometers away.

The murder weapon was recovered, sealing his fate in a case of love, betrayal, and deadly retribution.

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