A 23-year-old pastor of the 12 Apostles Church at Opem in the Mfantseman Municipality has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old student of Enyan Maim Community Day Senior High School in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region.
Information gathered indicates that the suspect told the victim and her family that she is encountering a spiritual marriage; hence, there is a need for him to pray for her.
However, the family of the victim refused to accept what the pastor had claimed and warned the victim not to go near the pastor.
As fate would have it, the father of the victim was sick and receiving treatment from the pastor at his church premises, so the victim went and gave food to her ill father accompanied by her mother.
But the mother, unfortunately, forgot the bottle of anointing oil that will be used on the father at home so she went back and took it, only to come back seeing her daughter crying. On-the-spot checks revealed to her mother that the pastor had defiled her.
According to the victim, when her mother left, the pastor told her he wanted to transfer her spiritual marriage issues onto himself to which the victim agreed.
According to her, the pastor quickly removed her skirt and pants, robbed her vagina with anointing oil, and had sex with her on the bare floor.
The suspect, after satisfying himself, cursed the victim and warned her not to reveal what had happened to anyone, or else she would die.
But the victim told her mother about it, which led to the arrest of the suspect. Medical examination confirmed the victim had been defiled.
The Suspect is at the Mankessim-Jedu Divisional Police Command assisting Police investigation.