te ous ness ▁in ▁a ▁sea ▁of ▁dep rav ity . ▁▁ ▁The ▁Mov ement ▁developed ▁a ▁hierarchy ▁of ▁vision aries , ▁to pped ▁by ▁M wer inde . ▁Be hind ▁them ▁were ▁former ▁pri ests ▁who ▁served ▁as ▁the olog ians ▁and ▁explained ▁their ▁messages . ▁Although ▁the ▁group ▁had ▁split ▁from ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church , ▁had ▁Catholic ▁icons ▁placed ▁prom in ently , ▁and ▁def rock ed ▁pri ests ▁and ▁n uns ▁in ▁its ▁leadership , ▁t ies ▁to ▁the ▁Church ▁were ▁only ▁ten uous . ▁ ▁Background ▁The ▁recent ▁past ▁of ▁U g anda ▁had ▁been ▁marked ▁with ▁political ▁and ▁social ▁tur mo il . ▁The ▁rule ▁of ▁Id i ▁A min , ▁the ▁A ID S ▁pan demic , ▁and ▁the ▁U g and an ▁Bush ▁War ▁w re aked ▁hav oc ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁People ▁became ▁p ess im istic ▁and ▁fatal istic , ▁and ▁the ▁established ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church ▁was ▁back sl iding , ▁en velop ed ▁in ▁sc and als ▁and ▁the ▁faithful ▁were ▁becoming ▁diss atisf ied . ▁In ▁this ▁void , ▁many ▁post - C atholic ▁groups ▁formed ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁eight ies ▁as ▁a ▁confused ▁and ▁tra um at ized ▁popul ace ▁turned ▁to ▁char ism atic ▁self - dec la red ▁mess ia hs ▁who ▁ren ounced ▁the ▁authority ▁of ▁the ▁government ▁and ▁the ▁Church . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁phenomen on ▁was ▁the ▁Christian ▁resistance ▁group , ▁the ▁Holy ▁Spirit ▁Mov ement , ▁which ▁fought ▁against ▁the ▁government ▁of ▁Y