BOGUS PASTOR ARRESTED FOR RAPE

NHLANGANO – A bogus pastor has been arrested after allegedly raping a woman he had called to pray for.

The woman *Nana met the pastor on Facebook. She alleged that the pastor invited her on Facebook and soon after she accepted his request, the pastor told her that she needed prayer to overcome her challenges.

She stated that the pastor requested her number to arrange a meeting for the prayer session.

Nana alleged that they spoke on WhatsApp until on Saturday when they had to meet at Mtsambama, where the bogus pastor resided.

When she got there, the pastor started praying for her and would quote verses from the Bible. Nana alleged that around 4pm, she requested to leave as it was getting late. 

Demons 

“He told me the demons inside me were not out yet and should I leave, they would kill me because they were already angry,” she alleged. 

She stated that the pastor then offered her a place to sleep, stating that even other people he prayed for slept over if there was a need.

The woman alleged that the pastor then informed her that he just had a revelation that Nana had a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

She alleged that she told the pastor she didn’t and she did not feel any discomfort, but the pastor insisted he would show her. 

She stated that the pastor then changed his tone and ordered her to remove her clothes and lie down on the bed. She alleged that he first touched her and stepped out which was when she tried to escape. 

She alleged the pastor caught her and dragged her back to the house and made her take a bath.

He then allegedly sexually violated her. 

She alleged that thereafter, he made her sleep in the same bed with him which was when she tried to call her relative, who did not answer her phone. 

Nana then raised the alarm through a WhatsApp status which was also seen by a Hluthi based police officer she knew. 

She stated that the police officer responded swiftly and she was able to give him enough information moments before the bogus pastor woke up. 

“He just woke up and asked me what I had done. He took my phone and read all the messages, but before he took it he said his spirits had told him that I have reported him to the police,” alleged Nana. 

She alleged that the pastor dressed up and stepped out which was when she fled. 

Nana said she ran towards a homestead and moments later; three men came to the homestead to attack her as they thought she was a criminal.

However, she managed to narrate her ordeal before they could harm her.

The men are said to have gone to fetch the bogus pastor whom they found in a neighbouring homestead. 

Morning 

The men are said to have taken the ‘pastor’ and Nana, and stayed with them till morning while waiting for the police. 

The pastor is said to have tried to escape as he pretended to be receiving a call from the police and left them, but was later apprehended. 

Deputy Police Information and Communications Officer Inspector Nosipho Mnguni confirmed the incident. 

She stated that the man was arrested and would appear in Nhlangano Magistrates Court. 

*Not her real name

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