Justice is Served: Pastor Who Secretly Defiled a Minor For 3 Years is Finally Arrested

Pastor Patrick Ambani of the African Divine Church is in hot soup for defiling a minor over a period of three years. On Tuesday, the minor told Magistrate Barbara Ojoo details about the violation. According to her, the sexual abuse started in 2015 when the pastor visited the house where she lived with her grandmother.

“He knocked on the door and when I opened it he asked if my grandmother was in. When I told him that I was alone, he got in, sat on a chair and asked me to allow him to watch a movie,” the girl recalled. After some time he moved closer to me, held my shoulder and asked me to relax with him. I was shocked but I did nothing because he is a pastor. I thought all he wanted was to relax,” said Mary, the victim.

“He touched my chest and lifted me up onto his lap where he continued caressing me. I was totally confused and scared,” she said. The clergyman then undressed and defiled her. She said that after the indecent act, Ambani ‘rewarded’ her with Sh. 50 chips and told her not to tell anyone.That turned out to be the first of many visits that the pastor made to her grandmother’s house. She said it went on for three years as she suffered in silence.

“I was in pain but when I informed him, he laughed sarcastically. He kept on coming to our house and defiling me. Other times, he would force me to visit his house where he defiled me,” the girl testified.The minor’s grandmother , who was also in court on Tuesday, said her neighbors had told her that they suspected the pastor was defiling the child.

The granny took the girl to Nairobi Women’s Hospital where she was treated and also filed a report at Kabete Police Station leading to the suspect’s arrest. The pastor, who has been in police cells for a month for being unable to raise Sh. 300,000 bail, pleaded with the magistrate to lower his cash bail. Magistrate Barbara Ojoo denied the request. The suspect will definitely face a judgment that befits the heinous crime.