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Thursday, 27 December 2012

Prophet and Church Member Rape 16-year old Girl

 A zion Church prophet and a fellow parishioner last week appeared in court facing charges of raping a 16-year old girl in Gokwe. The girl had visited the prophet so she could be exorcised of evil spirits. Prophet Renias Mapurisa (64) of Mapurisa village in muzarabani and takavingei mutengwa(80) of Jiri village in Gokwe were not asked to plead to rape when the briefly appeared before otokwe provincial resident magistrate Mr Shepherd Mjanja. They were both remanded in prison to Jan. 4 and advised to appply for bail at the high court. The court heard that prophet mapurisa, was staying at Mutengwa's homestead having come from Muzarabani to offer his services in the are. The complaint was brought to mutengwa's homestead by her parents for prayers as she was reportedly possessed by evil spirits. She stayed there for a month before Mapurisa and Mutengwa   allegedly connived to rape her. One day in the evening Mutengwa grabbed the girl and took her to Mapurisa's room where he allegedly raped her once. The girl later made a police report which lead to the pair arrest.

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