How can women be protected from 'rapist' church leaders? - Live Discussion
06 Feb 2014 at 05:48hrs | Views
Of late we've heard a lot of stories about vulnerable female congregants being sexually abused by their church leaders.
On Friday last week, Independent End Time Message church founder and pastor Robert Martin Gumbura, was convicted of four counts of rape involving three women of possessing p*rnographic material.
Of the four counts of rape, the magistrate sentenced Gumbura to 50 years behind bars and four months for possession of pornographic material. 10 years of the term were set aside on condition of good behaviour and the four months are going to run concurrently with the 40-year-jail term.
During sentencing the magistrate said: "the court must always strive to find a punishment which will fit both the crime and the offender. In this case the accused was like a wolf in sheep's cloth. The core-business of the church is to worship God not to sleep with girls and women and threatening them that misfortune would befall them.
"Pastors and deacons in this church must have been aware of the blasphemous teachings in their church and also the abuse of women but they chose to ignore what was happening. Teachings in church must be monitored internally and externally."
How can women and girls be protected from 'rapist' church leaders?
On Friday last week, Independent End Time Message church founder and pastor Robert Martin Gumbura, was convicted of four counts of rape involving three women of possessing p*rnographic material.
Of the four counts of rape, the magistrate sentenced Gumbura to 50 years behind bars and four months for possession of pornographic material. 10 years of the term were set aside on condition of good behaviour and the four months are going to run concurrently with the 40-year-jail term.
During sentencing the magistrate said: "the court must always strive to find a punishment which will fit both the crime and the offender. In this case the accused was like a wolf in sheep's cloth. The core-business of the church is to worship God not to sleep with girls and women and threatening them that misfortune would befall them.
"Pastors and deacons in this church must have been aware of the blasphemous teachings in their church and also the abuse of women but they chose to ignore what was happening. Teachings in church must be monitored internally and externally."
How can women and girls be protected from 'rapist' church leaders?
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