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Pastor, 70, Found Guilty of Sodomizing Teenage Boy Using Anointing Oil

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The 70-year-old pastor was found guilty of sodomizing a 17-year-old boy using anointing oil
Muchine was accused of sodomizing the minor who is of unsound mind several times in his house and in the bushes…

Ekohotblog reports that one John Muchine, a 70-year-old pastor, of Christian Worship International Ministries, was convicted guilty of sodomizing a 17-year-old child inside his home.

The accusations were that the Pastor knowingly and unlawfully sodomized a child aged 17 years at Sinambio village Mpeketoni sub-county inside Lamu county, Kenya, on several times between October 2020 and January 16 2021.

According to the prosecution, “afterwards, he would reward him with a Ksh20 coin and warn him that he would murder him if he informed anybody about it.”

He was also charged with conducting an indecent act with a minor in violation of Section 1(1) of the Sexual Offenses Act No. 3 of 2006.

Muchine was accused of sodomizing the minor who is of unsound mind several times in his house and in the bushes and in all those instances he would ask him to remove his clothes, lie on his stomach, apply anointing oil on his buttocks and then penetrate him.

In his decision, Mpeketoni Resident Magistrate Pascal Nabwana observed that the minor’s claim was supported by his 10-year-old sibling, who the court described as a stellar honest witness.

The victim had urged the brother not to inform anybody about the sodomy ordeals, according to the sibling.

Nabwana remarked that, although portraying himself as a servant of God, the accused ‘allegedly’ declined to give his testimony after taking his oath.

The magistrate said;

“The accused is found guilty of the offence of defilement, contrary to section 8(1) as read with section 8(4)of the sexual offences act number 3 of 2006, the accused is therefore convicted of the same under section 215 of the criminal procedure code(CPC)cap 75 of the laws of Kenya.

“The minor in his testimony alleged that the accused defiled him severally since April 2020 culminating with the last incidence on January 6, 2021. In one of the incidents, the younger brother witnessed the ordeal which happened inside the pastors’ house.

“One would expect that a minister, properly professing the Christian faith would give testimony under oath, just to underline how serious his defence is but this did not happen.”

Muchine will be sentenced on Thursday October 21.

Ify Davies