Daniel Appiah Antwi
What is going on with these pastors? Just this morning, there was report of a Nigerian pastor chased out of his church for impregnating his maid. Now, its a Ghanaian pastor! These are definitely few of the atrocities been carried out in churches. There have been cases of embezzlement, but this case sleeping with minors is something else entirely. Read his unfortunate story.......
The resident pastor of the Fruitful Family Ministries Inc. Tamale branch, Daniel Appiah Antwi, 35, will today appear before a Tamale circuit court for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old maid at Kpalsi, a suburb of the Tamale metropolis.Pastor Antwi, who has admitted sexually molesting the girl severally in the open court and in his caution statement, could face up to 25 years’ imprisonment term if found guilty of the offence, according to lawyers.
According to the facts of the case, the victim (name withheld) is an orphan who lives with her cousin, the pastor’s wife, as a house help and suffered various forms of abuses by the couple.
Attempts by cotenants to rescue the girl from the alleged inhumane treatment meted out to her rather incurred the wrath of Pastor Antwi, who was reported to have threatened to vent his spleen on any intruder.
The accused and his wife reportedly travelled and left their older ward under the care of the victim with 5kg of rice and some tubers of yam. On their return however, they noticed that the food stock had been depleted and out of fury, the accused allegedly picked a computer cable and mercilessly beat the girl.
The accused and his wife reportedly travelled and left their older ward under the care of the victim with 5kg of rice and some tubers of yam. On their return however, they noticed that the food stock had been depleted and out of fury, the accused allegedly picked a computer cable and mercilessly beat the girl.
As a result, the maid was said to have sustained a deep cut on her head and bled profusely but was not given proper medical care by the pastor.
Public-spirited persons in the neighbourhood reported the conduct of the pastor to the Tamale office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), which in turn referred it to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service.
After investigations, the pastor was arrested for physically assaulting the victim and causing harm to her.
Source: Daily Guide Ghana
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