SOUTH AFRICA
allAfrica
GroundUp
BY JOHNNIE ISAAC, 27 MAY 2014
Supporters and accusers of a pastor accused of rape demonstrated outside the Khayelitsha Magistrates Court during his bail hearing yesterday.
The pastor is facing at least one charge of rape after allegedly molesting a 23-year-old member of his congregation over the past three years.
He was arrested earlier this month following complaints that he sexually assaulted the woman, then 19, fathered her child and forced her to give up the child for adoption.
A group of women from the congregation demonstrated outside the court, raising a banner claiming his innocence. One told GroundUp the allegations “are works of the devil.”
Another said former members of the congregation had made up the accusations “because they can’t live according to the word of God.”
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