ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe Mail
THE trial of pastor Martin Gumbura, the leader of End Time Message entered its second day yesterday with the aunt of one of the alleged rape victims telling the court how she left the church owing to persistent sexual demands from the man of the cloth who knew fully well that she was married with two children.
The woman, who produced a letter which she wrote in 2006 notifying the church of her decision to quit, said she was “committed to the hands of the devil” by the pastor who dealt ruthlessly with people who disobeyed him.
The woman had been called as the State’s second witness to testify on allegations made by the victim against Gumbura.
“When the complainant was planning her wedding with her fiancée, pastor Gumbura called her to his house in Kadoma on the pretext that he wanted to counsel her and help her plan the wedding.
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