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A bizarre incident has taken place in Masvingo, Zimbabwe after a
prophetess brutally r*ped a Bulawayo man after he approached her for
spiritual cleansing. The victim identified as Tafadzwa Tangwena (23),
from Northend suburb recounted his horrifying ordeal at the hands of a
self-styled prophetess (name withheld) from an apostolic sect.
B-Metro reports
that Tangwena who is nursing bruises from the alleged sexual abuse said
he met the prophetess on 19 July through a Good Samaritan. Tangwena
told the Good Samaritan that he needed some spiritual deliverance since
he was having problems with his mother who was always accusing him of
being a problem child.
After visiting the prophetess at her shrine popularly known as
Pakirawa, Tangwena was told that he was being troubled by an evil spirit
of destitution that needed to be quickly cleansed. In a bid to hoodwink
the unsuspecting Tangwena, the prophetess generously offered him a
place to sleep at one of her tents at the shrine. She however, sternly
charged him that when sleeping he should remove his pair of jeans since
they were not allowed inside the healing tent.
“What happened is I left Bulawayo for Masvingo on the 15 July
after I had a misunderstanding with my mother over some money I took
from her. When I arrived in Masvingo I had nowhere to stay until I met a
man who kindly offered me accommodation. When I narrated my problems to
him, he referred me to the prophetess for assistance.
"The following day when I consulted her at her shrine she
agreed to assist me and being a good hostess she offered me
accommodation at one of her healing tents,” explained Tangwena.
He went on: “Before I slept she prayed for me and smeared my
whole body with some oil saying it was part of my cleansing she then
ordered me to remove my pair of jeans saying it was against her
Christian beliefs to sleep with jeans at the shrine and I suspected
nothing.
"Around midnight, I started feeling dizzy before I became
unconscious. She however, took advantage of me while I was unconscious
and forcibly had s*x with me. When I regained my consciousness I was
shocked to find her on top of me while n*ked. I don’t know how long she
lasted on top of me and when I made a long moan that is when she quickly
got off me and went to her tent. Tangwena went and reported the matter
at Chikato police station leading to her arrest. He however, expressed
disappointment saying when they went to court the matter was dismissed
due to lack of evidence.
“At the court when I told them that I was raped they could not
believe me and one of the most hurtful responses was from a police
officer who accompanied us to court. He dismissed me saying I was the
one who was supposed to be arrested for assaulting the woman. They later
took me to Masvingo central police station where I was given a warrant
so that I could get transport to come to Bulawayo. I am still in pain
and hope that justice will take its course after the story has been
published,” said a teary Tangwena.
Police are looking into the matter.
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