The founder
and leader of Faith Word Church International in Soweto has been arrested by
the police for allegedly rubbing anointed olive oil in the va_gina and on the
cli_toris of his church member. Pastor Edmond Dube, according to the SAPS,
claimed he was casting out evil spirits that had possessed the victim by
applying the oil in her private part.
After the
act, the pastor allegedly attempted to ra_pe the victim but she reportedly
shouted for help and managed to escape. Pastor Dube has provisionally been
charged with indecent assault. The Soweto Divisional Crime Officer,
Constable Peter Tshabalala, who confirmed the incident, said the victim is an
18-year-old Senior High School graduate who fellowships with her parents in
that church.
The pastor
confided in the victim’s mother (named withheld) after church service on
Sunday, February 19, 2017 that God had revealed to him through a vision that
her daughter was possessed with an evil spirit. He requested the woman to allow
the girl come for deliverance service on Tuesday, February 21.
On that
Tuesday, the mother of the victim asked her daughter to go for service but when
the victim got to the church, the pastor requested that they go to his house
for said deliverance to be carried out and the victim obliged. At his residence,
the pastor allegedly asked the victim if she had ever accepted any love
proposal from a man but she answered in the negative
Pastor Dube
again asked the victim if she had experienced men_strual pains before and the
victim answered in the affirmative,” Constable Tshabalala narrated. The police
officer said the founder of the church then told the victim that the men_strual
pains were the work of the devil and that he could deliver her by smearing
anointing oil on her privates. The pastor then ordered the victim to lie down
and remove her dress while he rubbed the oil on her privates and parts of her
abdomen.
The suspect
further asked the victim to remove her pa_nts and he rubbed the oil on the
victim’s vagi_na and cli_toris. When the victim asked him to explain his
actions, the pastor allegedly said he was being directed by the Holy Spirit to
do so. The 18-year-old victim resisted and attempted to stand up.
