See The Bishop That Was Jailed For Raping & Impregnating 17-Year-Old Girl, Couldn’t Recite Common Bible Verses In Court

A self-proclaimed Zimbabwean Bishop, who
with his brother raped and impregnated a
17-year-old congregant at their church has
been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
41-year-old Bishop Andrew Mnkandla and
his brother Lovemore, 34, a pastor at the
church, held the victim hostage at his
house and raped her on different
occassions. They threatened that if she told
anyone, “the demons they had exorcised
from her would return with scores of others
to haunt her.
The court heard he went to the teen’s
mother with his wife and tried to bribe her
so that she convinces her daughter to
change her statement in court. Mnkandla
had pleaded not guilty to multiple counts
of rape before magistrate Chrispen
Mberewere.
The court was shocked when Mnkandla
failed to recite four common Bible verses.
Mr Mberewere asked Mnkandla to recite
Genesis 1 verse 1, Psalms 23 verse 1, John
3 verse 16 and John 14 verse 1.
He drew laughter from the gallery when he
said John 3 verse 16 reads:
“Let your hearts not be troubled,” but it
actually reads: “For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.”
‘Oh well bishop, it looks like the Bible is
giving you a hard time,” said Mr
Mberewere. “You can’t even recite very
common verses familiar to many people.
Let’s just get back to the business that
brings you here, that of bedroom issues,
because you seem to be better in that
department.”
The magistrate convicted Mnkandla and
sentenced him to 20 years in jail. In her
testimony, the teen had said Lovemore
raped her at Khami Mountains and
Mnkandla raped her at his house.
“We went to the mountains for seven days
with my father and Lovemore. My father
was called back to work on the fourth day,
leaving me with Lovemore. On our way
home he dragged me into a nearby bush
and raped me. He told me if I told anyone,
all the demons would return,” she said.
“Mnkandla came to our house and asked
me to go to his house where he raped me
twice. The first time he wore a condom. On
another occassion he held me hostage in
his house the whole night. My mother came
to look for me at his house while I was in
his bedroom but he denied knowledge of
my whereabouta. He told me to escape
through the back door and wait for him at
a football pitch close by. He came to get
me later and instructed me to tell my father
that I had spent the night at a school
gate.” she added.
Source:The Chronicle