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'I love your wife, I want to take her as third wife' pastor tells man
27 Jun 2014 at 15:20hrs | Views
43-year-old William Khoza from Protea South in Soweto says his wife of 15 years, Joyce Mbilu (30), has been sleeping with her pastor, Refiloe Rakhowa of the Zion Church.
Khoza, a father of three says he has tried everything to save his marriage but nothing has worked and he is starting to feel that the only way out of his situation was suicide.
William apparently learned about the relationship from neighbours, who saw the pastor visiting his wife at his house while he was away at work.
"I didn't believe it at first and dismissed it as gossip but I was wrong."
The pastor reportedly arrived at William's house one day and said he was in love with his wife and wanted to take her as his third wife.
After the incident, William burned his wife's church uniform because he thought it would prevent her from attending services but it only made things worse.
"She stopped cooking for me and washing my clothes.
"We have three children and because she's always away, she doesn't look after them.
"I'm sad that my marriage has to end like this because of a pastor. He's a man of God. He's supposed to build families and not break them," said William.
He said the breakdown of his marriage was so traumatic that he lost his job.
The SunTeam spoke to Joyce and she apparently told them that she was not interested in her husband any more.
Pastor Rakhowa admitted to knowing Joyce. "I know her. She's close to me and a member of my church," he said.
Khoza, a father of three says he has tried everything to save his marriage but nothing has worked and he is starting to feel that the only way out of his situation was suicide.
William apparently learned about the relationship from neighbours, who saw the pastor visiting his wife at his house while he was away at work.
"I didn't believe it at first and dismissed it as gossip but I was wrong."
The pastor reportedly arrived at William's house one day and said he was in love with his wife and wanted to take her as his third wife.
After the incident, William burned his wife's church uniform because he thought it would prevent her from attending services but it only made things worse.
"We have three children and because she's always away, she doesn't look after them.
"I'm sad that my marriage has to end like this because of a pastor. He's a man of God. He's supposed to build families and not break them," said William.
He said the breakdown of his marriage was so traumatic that he lost his job.
The SunTeam spoke to Joyce and she apparently told them that she was not interested in her husband any more.
Pastor Rakhowa admitted to knowing Joyce. "I know her. She's close to me and a member of my church," he said.
Source - Dailysun
