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Cleric held after rape of 4 girls in Jomvu church

The pastor is said to have fled when residents threatened to storm the church and lynch him. [Courtesy]

Police are holding the pastor of a Pentecostal church in Jomvu after reports he sexually assaulted four girls under his care.

The 43-year-old cleric was arrested on Sunday in Kanaona village where he had gone into hiding following the incidents between August 21 and 23.

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