Pastor Arrested For Sexual Harassment
Isaac Tetteh, the Head Pastor the Pre-Gospel Foundation Ministry at Lebanon, a suburb of Ashaiman, has been arrested by the Ashaiman police for sexually harassing a certain Juliana Doe, a married woman, as well as issuing death threats to some of his followers.
His action did not go down well with the married woman, compelling her to report the matter to the police, after her complaint to the Pentecostal Churches Council went unaddressed. He was subsequently arraigned before the Ashaiman Circuit Court where the case is being tried for the offences he was accused of committing.
Persecuting, Chief Inspector Daniel O. Nortey narrated to the court that the complainant, Juliana Doe, Hannah Doe and Elizabeth Padi, were all fellowshipping at the same ministry where the pastor is the overseer. He indicated that in March 2009, the first complainant got married to her husband and the wedding was officiated by the accused in this church, adding that a few weeks after the marriage ceremony, Juliana Doe’s husband travelled to Kuwait where he was domiciled.
Chief Inspector Nortey told the court that soon after the departure of the complaint’s husband, the accused started demanding sex from her but she turned him down. Continuing with his narration, Chief Inspector Nortey disclosed that the accused kept on harassing his victim till she reportedly got fed up and revealed the accused person’s indecent behavior to the whole congregation and some senior members of the Pentecostal Churches Council.
As a result, all three complaints and some members of the church, including the accused person, were invited to a meeting by the members of the Pentecostal Churches Council, with a view to settling the matter amicably; a situation the prosecutor explained did not end well. The pastor, who was perhaps not happy about the complaints’ actions, started threatening them that they were going to die before the end of December 2009.
He noted that the complainant, who felt threatened, made a report to the police and the accused was arrested, but he denied the allegations during interrogations.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was granted bail in a sum of GH¢10,000 by the Ashaiman Circuit Court presided Over by Mr. Seyeram Yao Azumah. The case has been adjourned to be heard on a later date.
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