A pastor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Greatness Tapfunma, has been
arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl after he purportedly assaulted her sexually, claiming he was casting out demons
from her, reports Zimnews..
Tapfuma, the General
Overseer and Founder of Kingdom Rulers International Church, has been charged
for rape and sexual battery at the Western Commonage Magistrate Court.
The prosecutor, Mufaro
Mageza, told the court that in October last year, Tapfuma proposed love to the
victim who was a member of his church, but was turned down.
During the same month,
Tapfuma invited the girl to his Cowdray Park house and told her of a 'prophecy'
claiming her family was being attacked by demons and needed cleansing.
He allegedly told the
victim that part of the cleansing would involve her sleeping with him.
The girl narrated how the
man of God raped her in court:
"He
told me that if I did not sleep with him, my father was going to die and I be
turned into a Satanist. That day, he locked me in his house and had sex with me
three times, claiming he was casting out the evil spirits from me."
Last year, it was
reported that the same pastor was acquitted of rape charges after two members
of his church accused him of sexually abusing them.
It was alleged that he
raped the women aged 25 and 22 respectively, after inviting them to his house
for prayers.
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