Chaos in Church: Apostle Bashed at Pulpit for Impregnating University Student
A Harare church service ended in chaos on Sunday when a group of angry relatives stormed the pulpit and attacked the preacher, accusing him of impregnating a university student and then asking her to terminate the pregnancy.
The man at the centre of the drama is Apostle Trust Zvikomborero Chakona of Grace Life Embassy, who was ambushed mid-sermon at his church along Robert Mugabe Road in the Harare CBD. Witnesses say the attackers, believed to be relatives of the young woman involved, ripped his clothes and disrupted the service in full view of congregants and passersby.
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The student, only identified as Jean, claims the trouble began when the church leader instructed her to get rid of the baby. When she refused, she says he started ignoring her and eventually blocked all communication.
She said her family only took matters into their own hands after multiple peaceful attempts to engage him failed.
“Apostle Chakona denied responsibility after I refused to take his orders to abort the pregnancy. From there, he started to find some excuses and blocked my contacts. My relatives decided to unceremoniously visit his church after several attempts to meet him were in vain,” she said.
She also accused the pastor of lying about his marital status and leading her on with promises of marriage.
“His statements that I seduced him and demanded to have sex with him are malicious and provoking. If he knew his position, why did he fail to resist as a man of the cloth? He never told me that he got married because our relationship started sometime in June last year, and he was promising to marry me.”
Apostle Bashed at Pulpit for Impregnating University Student
Responding to the scandal, Apostle Chakona admitted that he had an affair with Jean, but claimed she was the one who pushed for the relationship, even after he got married. He also questioned the paternity of the child and suggested Jean may be targeting him unfairly.
“To be honest, that girl kept demanding to have quality time with me, and I gave in. I got married in December last year, and Jean seduced me into the act sometime in February this year. She could have been impregnated by someone else, but she is after me,” he said.
Following the confrontation at church, Apostle Chakona accused Jean’s family of tarnishing his image as a man of God. He said the incident not only embarrassed him in front of his congregation, but also led to threats and confrontations at his family home.
“Her relatives came to my place of worship, assaulted me and my clothes were torn. They kept verbally assaulting me, and even if I were to marry Jean, how would they face me as my in-laws? They humiliated me in front of my congregation. They are sending threatening messages, and they even went to confront my father over this. They are now tarnishing my name since I am a church leader,” Apostle Chakona said.
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