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| Reverend Menard Zvenyika was due to appear before a disciplinary hearing of his church |
After being slapped with a civil lawsuit of
$10,000 for allegedly impregnating another man’s wife in February this
year, Reverend Menard Zvenyika was due to appear before a disciplinary
hearing of his church.
However, Zvenyika apparently couldn’t face
the further humiliation and possible excommunication from the church, so
he decided to end his own life by drinking poison, according to
reports....
Forty-two-year-old Chezhira Mukobvu, who had
been married to Rosemary Nyamukachi for 17 years, took Zvenyika to
court earlier this year because he believed that his wife had been
impregnated while working for the allegedly adulterous pastor. The
35-year-old woman had reportedly been employed as a housemaid in the
home of Zvenyika for about 5 years, during which time she had allegedly
been forced to terminate 3 pregnancies fathered by the reverend before
finally giving birth to a son.
Assistant Inspector Nkululeko Nduna said on
the telephone that he could neither confirm nor deny the report about
the adulterous relationship of Zvenyika, because he was not in the
office in the moment, according to New Zimbabwe.com.
However, the online newspaper did reach family members who claimed
that the reverend had died on his way to the clinic in Bikita after he
had swallowed poison at his home on Friday, August 22, 2014.
According to their source, the reverend had a
lot of pressure mounting on him because he was supposed to appear
before a disciplinary hearing of the church and the evidence against him
was overwhelming. Moderator of the church, Reverend Dr. Rangarirai
Rutoro, said that although he could confirm the demise of Zvenyika, he
couldn’t confirm the circumstances because he didn’t want to usurp the
family’s rights to tell their version of the story.
Mukobvu testified in court that the
adulterous relationship between his wife and Zvenyika had destroyed
their marriage and his wife was willing to testify in court as to the
accuracy of his statements. He claimed the reverend should compensate
him for the damage caused to his marriage and the intimate relations his
wife had refused him because of her affair with the reverend.
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