Believers in Christ church leader accused of raping brother's widow

Woman says she respected him as her spiritual father

- By Bongani Mdakane

One of the senior leaders at Believers in Christ church has been accused of raping his brother's widow in what he called an anointing.

Though the woman refused to speak to Sunday World, the publication obtained a secret recording of her reporting the incident to her church elder and colleague of the alleged rapist.

The woman says her brother-in-law arrived at her home in De Deur, south of Johannesburg, after she had told him that she wanted to go to an Easter church conference but didn't have money for travel costs.

"He sent a child that was in the house to the shops to buy a cold drink," she said, adding that the married man then forced himself on her. The woman and the alleged perpetrator are both known to Sunday World, but the publication has decided to withhold their names.