An Apostolic Mission Church (AFM) pastor in Mutare is in
hot soup for allegedly impregnating his wife’s 14-year-old sister.
The 30-year-old pastor (name withheld to protect the minor)
appeared before magistrate Purity Gumbo, facing charges of having sexual
intercourse with a minor.
It is the State’s case that sometime in August 2018, the
pastor proposed love to the Grade Seven child, who accepted.
Sometime in June 2019, the accused visited the complainant
at her home at around 8pm, taking advantage of the absence of her mother who
had gone to South Africa to look for employment. The two reportedly had sexual intercourse once without
protection.
In the same month, the complainant missed her menstrual
period and informed the accused person who then promised to marry her after she
had finished writing her Grade Seven examinations.
The matter came to light on October 2 when a police officer
identified as Constable Kanhukamwe got a tip-off that the complainant was
pregnant.
The following day, Kanhukamwe interviewed the complainant
who then spilled the beans that she had slept with the pastor.
The complainant was escorted to Mutare Provincial Hospital
where medical examinations were carried and the report will be produced in
court as exhibit. Newsday
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