A Port Harcourt-based bishop (names withheld) was paraded before the newsmen yesterday by the Rivers State police command for allegedly raping a 15-year old girl.
The Cleric, although admitted having a carnal knowledge of the underaged teenager, said he was hypnotized as well as set up by a fellow bishop.
He said his ordeal was a calculated attempt by another bishop in whose office the incident transpired, adding that plot to ensnare and embarrass him was borne out of an envy by a brother bishop who had been dragging the office of the chairmanship of all bishops in the state, a post he (the accused bishop) currently occupied.
The accused also denied reports that he assisted in aborting the pregnancy that resulted from the immoral act with the teenager, alleging that it was the girl’s father who did the abortion, while he, the bishop, paid for the cost.
“We have different colleges of bishops. I am the chairman of Communion of Bishops in Rivers State. Well, what actually happened was a set-up. It was set up by my enemies. I have so many people who are my enemies. The man who is in-charge of where I went tominister is my enemy. He is the person that set me up.
“He invited me to his church for a programme. And, after the programme, he set me up because of what we are dragging. We are dragging chairmanship of the communion and that was why he set me up.
“I was surprised when I saw her pulling off her skirt and others. But, before you knew it, I had a carnal knowledge of her. That is the truth of the matter.
“She started laughing at me. She said ‘are you angry?’ I told her that I did not know what she had hypnotized me for. She said I should not bother. I was so angry and annoyed that I called some of my pastors and made a confession that I did not know what was happening,” he said
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