A
randy pastor who kidnapped three girls and demanded a foursome from
them has been arrested after he r*ped his victims and subjected them to
many unthinkable acts.
One of the victims show bruises on her body
"The pastor pushed me to the bed at gunpoint and said we must
perform a 'free' pornographic movie to make my friends jealous. He put
his fingers inside my private parts. I pleaded with his wife to make him
stop."
This was a harrowing experience of one of the three girls who were
kidnapped by a rogue Carletonville pastor who also r*ped and assaulted
them in his house, Sowetan reports.
The victims who spoke to Sowetan at the weekend recounted their eight hours of hell in the hands of the randy pastor.
It was gathered that on the night of April 3, the gun-toting pastor
took turns r*ping them after assaulting them with a baton and a wire in
the bedroom while his wife watched TV in the lounge.
The pastor also threatened to shoot them and murder their families
should they attempt to flee. Two of the girls are 17 and 18 years old
and are members of the pastor's church in Wedela township in
Carletonville while the third victim is a 25-year-old friend of the two
teenagers.
"He brought me into the room and said we must have a foursome.
We refused. He forcefully penetrated me with his fingers and once he was
aroused he proceeded to rape my two friends who were bleeding from
being assaulted."
Earlier the pastor had locked the room and forced the girls to strip n*ked.
"We pleaded with his wife to help us. We could hear her
laughing. He forced me to watch as he raped each of them at gunpoint. I
prayed to God to spare our lives," said the 25-year-old who shook as she
described their experience.
"My family was all I could think about as he was raping me. My
body had been numbed from all the physical pain I had endured from him," said the younger girl.
At some point during the ordeal, the pastor looked insane and was
rambling on about how he'd kill them. However, he panicked and released
the older woman after her family called and threatened to send the
police to his house.
The police later came and rescued the two girls and arrested the
pastor. Now, the pastor faces three counts of rape and assault, two of
kidnapping and one of pointing a firearm.
It was revealed that the parents of the girls had sent them their
because they had believed he could give the girls spiritual guidance and
job. But, things turned around for the worse.
"He would hit me with his fists and then lock me in the bedroom for days," the younger girl said.
It was also revealed that the two teenagers had earlier escaped
from the pastor's house only for him to track them down and take them
back. He used their older friend to track them down. He brought all
three back to his house where he allegedly assaulted and raped them.
"This horrific incident has broken our family. We trusted him
with our children only to learn that we were feeding a sex-hungry
monster. I've lost faith in church leaders," said the mother of one of the victims.
The victims are receiving psychological help and police are preparing them for the court case.
The new development has left the pastor's congregation totally in
shock after the allegations were made against him. Congregants of the
church headed by the alleged sex-pest pastor have been left in the
lurch.
Sowetan visited the place where the tent church once stood, on an
empty field in Wedela township, Carletonville, and found out that it was
dismantled a few days after locals heard that the pastor was linked to
the assault and rape of three girls from their neighbourhood.
The pastor, who is also involved in a property business and runs a
driving school, had relocated his church from Khutsong township in
March, ahead of the Easter holidays.
"The church has been dissolved indefinitely. Everybody is
shocked at what he did. We are angry at him and don't want anything to
do with him anymore," said a former church member.
Another former congregant said the church had about 50 members and a
few of them had since joined a nearby church led by the pastor's
mother.
"We accepted that he practised polygamy [but] why he would rape still baffles us," said the former congregant.
Sowetan visited the pastor's house in Carletonville and saw a truck loaded with tents and a fence parked outside.
His wife did not want to comment immediately.
"I know what happened. We will call you and give comment," she said on Thursday. She never called back and her phone remained off yesterday.
The incident shocked the people of Wedela.
"I know those girls. They like going to parties but that
doesn't mean they deserved what happened to them. The perpetrator should
be removed from society, " said one of the girl's neighbours.
Warrant Officer Peter Masooa confirmed that the pastor was charged
with three counts of rape and assault, two of kidnapping and another of
pointing a firearm.
The court rejected his bail application and he will be back in court next month.
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