A young woman has exposed a pastor who
forced her to sleep with him under the guise of
offering her spiritual help.
The South African woman identified as 36-
year-old Yvonne Smith, accused Pastor
Bongani Manyisa of deceiving her and
forcefully having sex with her, after offering
her spiritual help.
Smith who had gone to Manyisa while she was
searching for healing after she suffering from a
stroke, said she had ‘paid’ for it by sleeping
with the pastor, and also buying him a R20
000 (N453,000) piano. According to her, the
healing was scheduled to take place over
several months, and the pastor had made
sexual advances towards her and eventually
slept with her repeatedly while ‘healing’ her.
Smith who hails from Orlando East in Soweto,
said she made up her mind to expose Manyisa
eventually. She met the church council who
ended up sacking the pastor from his
position.
Here’s what Smith said:
According to Nametso Mofokeng, a
spokeswoman from Manyisa’s former church,
the church had thoroughly investigated the
matter before reaching their decision. She
said:
Hmmm… Na wa ooh!
“I suffered a stroke last August. I
was in and out of hospital but was
not getting any better. I was invited
to the church where the pastor
concentrated on me and prayed for
me. After I got better, the pastor
started making sexual and financial
demands. I could not face going back
to the pain that I felt while I was
sick, because I could tell he was
powerful. He kept poking me for
months until I said ‘enough.”
Responding to the allegations
against him, Pastor Manyisa said:
“I have a protection order against
her because she harasses me all the
time. She cost me my place at the
church. She just wants to see me
suffer. I don’t owe her anything. I
thought it was just her gratitude for
helping her during her healing
process. Now I just want to recover
from all this. Despite not being part
of that church anymore I still have
God’s calling and will continue to
help people.”
“ ”
“After receiving the complaint,
investigations were launched into the
matter. Findings of the
investigations led to the pastor being
laid off his duties because of an
alleged breach. As the church, we are
sensitive when it comes to
disciplinary matters and we had to
terminate his contract of service as
he was voluntary staff.”
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