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The head Pastor of the Eternal Grace Church has been arrested
by police for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old apprentice dressmaker.
Reverend Lord Evans Appiah, reportedly forcibly had sex with
the victim with the excuse of delivering her from a spirit.
The man of God vehemently denies the allegations.
The victim, name withheld, spoke to Joy News’ Daryl Kwao from
the Police Hospital, where she is undergoing a medical examination.
Showing intermittent signs of pain, the 16-year-old alleged
that she had been sent to the pastor by her “Madam” [dressmaking instructor],
who insisted she had a spirit of stubbornness within her.
According to her, she could not locate Reverend Appiah at the
church building and therefore went to search for him in his house.
She explained that she is often sent to collect items from
the Pastor’s house by her trainer.
Upon locating the pastor in his house, she says the pastor
placed her in a locked room and provided her with a concoction to bath with in
order to rid herself of the spirit.
However, when she was dressing up after the bath, the pastor
showed up and commanded her to follow him into a room where he asked to lie
down, promising to provide her a spray
which would exorcise her of the spirit.
This, she says, is when he forced himself on her.
A relative of the victim, also speaking to Joy News, said
that doctors have confirmed sexual contact and are further suggesting that her
cousin was forcibly penetrated.
She also revealed that the “madam” showed up to harass the
family in an attempt to force them to withdraw their case against Reverend
Appiah.
The police have declined to comment on the issue as
investigations continue.
Source:Myjoyonline.com
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