Ghanaian priest rapes young girl who had come for prayers

GHANA
Spy Ghana

A 39-year old Anglican priest, Rev Fr Emmanuel Quartey has been remanded in police custody for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman.

He will be arraigned before the Cape Coast Circuit Court Three on Monday November 25. The facts are that on Sunday October 17 the victim, a resident of Siwido in Cape Coast, contacted the priest to help her break a blood covenant she had with her boy-friend.

The priest agreed to help the victim and asked her to meet him the following day at a hotel in Elmina. She complied and met the priest in one of the rooms in the hotel where he forcibly had sex with her and warned her not to tell anyone or else she will die.

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