SOUTH AFRICA
Eyewitness News
Katleho Sekhotho
JOHANNESBURG – Several victims of sexual abuse allegedly at the hands of religious leaders have given statements at the CRL Commission in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Three women have given harrowing accounts of how Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso allegedly abused them while they lived with him in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal almost eight years ago.
The commission has been holding a dialogue which aims to launch a support structure for young people who have been sexually abused by religious and traditional leaders.
There have been heartbreaking scenes at the CRL Commission where three young women have told their stories of abuse, allegedly perpetrated by Omotoso when they were just 14-years-old.
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