Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, Ore division, has arrested one Pastor Peter James for allegedly impregnating a 13 year-old chorister of his church.
The pastor is in charge of Christ Apostolic Church Modebiayo, Oke-Gburowo, Ore Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, .
The randy Pastor was dragged to the palace of the traditional ruler of the community, Oloja Moses Ogunmoyewa, for impregnating the teenager, a member of choir of the church.
A source close to the victim’s family, who also has minor deformity, said the randy Pastor had earlier impregnated their daughter and aborted the pregnant without their knowledge.
The source said that during the interrogation at the palace of the Oloja of the community, the cleric had earlier confessed to being the one who impregnated the girl.
The family added that the confession was documented by the monarch and other members of his subjects.
Trouble reportedly started when the randy pastor later denied ownership of the pregnancy.
The zonal headquarters of the church later intervened in the matter, but all efforts by his colleagues to persuade the pastor to accept responsibility for the pregnancy proved abortive.
Meanwhile, the mother of the 13-year old girl, Mrs. Victoria Bernard, said the pastor deliberately wanted to deny the pregnancy because of the girl’s deformity.
“I call on government, organisation as well as public spirited individuals to come to the aid of our family and intervene in the matter, so that the pastor will cheat us, she said.
However, one of the pastors, who pleaded anonymity, said the issue was currently being handled by the church’s headquarters in Odigbo town.