33-year old self-proclaimed cleric, Samson Madhuyu, who leads the Masimba Apostolic Church, has been taken to Gokwe Magistrates’ Court charged with raping a congregant during a “healing” session.
He was asked not to plead when he appeared before regional magistrate, Amos Maturure, who remanded him to January 26 next year. Allegations against Madhuyu are that on September 1, he told the complainant that she had an evil spirit that needed to be exorcised and took her into his vehicle and proceeded to Defe Road, where he parked his car on a bridge.
Madhuyu allegedly asked the complainant if she was interested in a polygamous marriage, but she turned him down before he tilted the complainant’s seat backwards and allegedly raped her once. After the alleged act, Madhuyu ordered the complainant not to disclose the abuse or he would cast evil spirits on her.
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