Priest: I Didn't Lure Schoolgirl into Sex

By Erick Abuga
Standard Digital
October 24, 2013

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/m/?articleID=2552&story_title=priest-i-didn-t-lure-schoolgirl-into-sex

A Catholic priest has denied luring a schoolgirl into bed with bananas and oranges for her sick mother.

Father Thomas Gori had allegedly been sending the 14-year-old girl with the fruits to her mother in hospital for three years before the sex attack.

On October 12 when he allegedly had sex with her in Ikuruma village, the priest had told the Standard 7 girl that he was going to pray for her, a Kisii court heard.

Resident magistrate Lucy Kaitani freed the priest on a Sh500,000 bond as he awaits trial.

A senior administrator in the Kisii Diocese confirmed that a complaint has reached the bishop’s office over the matter.

He said investigations are ongoing.