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A 63-year-old cleric, Chris Douglas, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja for raping a church member’s daughter.

Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Rahman Oshodi held that Douglas, the General Overseer of Peculiar Generation Assembly Church, Oshodi, abused his position of authority and trust to exploit the victim.

Describing the conduct as a gross breach of trust, the judge said, “The convict occupied a position of spiritual authority and was regarded as a father figure by the victim and her family.”

He added that instead of protecting that trust, the convict “betrayed it in the most reprehensible manner.”

The court held that the abuse occurred in a hotel on several occasions, noting that the victim and her family relied on the cleric for spiritual guidance.

Justice Oshodi further stated that the prosecution proved that the victim suffered severe psychological trauma as a result of the abuse.

“The court accepts the evidence that the victim suffered depression and recurring suicidal thoughts as a direct consequence of the convict’s actions,” he said.

During the trial, the prosecution, led by the Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Babajide Martins, called five witnesses, including the victim, her mother, and a medical doctor.

Medical and documentary exhibits were also tendered in evidence.

The victim told the court that the cleric initially drugged and raped her in September 2017.

“I trusted him like a spiritual father. I never imagined he could do this to me,” she testified.

Her mother also told the court that she confronted the convict after discovering the incident.

“When I went to his church, he cried and said it was the work of the devil. He begged us in front of the elders,” she said.

The complainant said the matter was later reported to a human rights organisation, the police at Makinde Division, and the Mirabel Centre for a medical examination.

The convict, however, denied the allegations and told the court that the relationship was consensual.

But Justice Oshodi rejected the claim, holding that the evidence before the court established rape beyond a reasonable doubt.

“The defence of consent is not supported by the totality of the evidence before the court,” the judge ruled.

The court reviewed both oral and documentary evidence and considered objections raised by the defence under the Evidence Act, 2011.

While some documents were discounted for non-compliance, the court held that the oral testimony of the medical expert, Dr Maria Fadaka, remained admissible.

In his judgment, the court noted that although some alleged incidents were not sufficiently proved to have occurred before January 2018, the prosecution successfully established rape in relation to incidents when the victim was already 18 years old.

The court consequently discharged the convict on six counts of defilement and sexual assault but found him guilty on three counts of rape.

Justice Oshodi sentenced Douglas to life imprisonment on each count, holding that the sentences shall run concurrently.

“The law must protect the vulnerable, and this court will not hesitate to punish abuse of trust in the strongest terms,” the judge said.

The court also ordered that the convict’s name be entered into the Lagos State Sexual Offenders Register.

Source: https://punchng.com/lagos-pastor-bags-life-jail-for-raping-church-members-daughter

He may explore prison ministry; I just hope he encounters Jesus!

Recently, God judged every False Prophets, engaged me to participate in the judgment, we cursed them.

Thank God, this is one of the outcomes of the judgment.

It's shocking but I'm glad at the same time.

Justice served !

May God exposed and destroy the remaining False Preachers around the world.

They're corrupting , defiling the Holy Land. Tarnishing the hard earned image of Genuine Servants of God, who suffer, risk their lives daily in serving God genuinely.

The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church in Jesus Mighty name, amen!

Remain ever blessed.

Jesus is Lord.

Shalom.

I am Prophet Olaide Mudasiru,
The Rebuilder of God's Kingdom to the world,
Intercessor Over All Nations And kingdoms,
Founder, New Nation Gospel Ministries International,
Nigeria

It is risky to allow your daughter near a pastor or a choir master. They are so much randy. We are telling you now, you won't hear. Until it happens to your daughter, then you 'gunner' lurn in the hard way like Arsenal FC

Aaaargh person daughter??!

Asahwoooooo no dey

Abi you feel say consequences no dey

Why is it hard for a man to hold body unlike the women folks

Why why why

So many Clerics in this Nigeria today are scammers,Home breaker, Fraudsters and so on and so forth

A man who can control his joystick has solved 99% of his life's problems

Testosterone.....Adult men: roughly 300–1,000 ng/dL and Adult women: roughly 15–70 ng/dL. Spike her levels up and she will chop the whole community

UnknownQueen:
Why is it hard for a man to hold body unlike the women folks

Why why why

adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/lagos-pastor-bags-life-jail-for-raping-church-members-daughter

Justice Oshodi and always sentencing men for rape. Same with Baba Ijesa. I suspect the victim was pressured by her family to claim it was rape because how do you rape someone more than once?

callthefred:
Justice Oshodi and always sentencing men for rape. Same with Baba Ijesa. I suspect the victim was pressured by her family to claim it was rape because how do you rape someone more than once?

If it's girl under 18 or what if you intimidate her?

If a lecturer tells student that she would fail except, she allows her to be HAVING sex with her, definitely, whenever she calls the girl for sex, she won't decline, even though she didn't give CONSENT. That's RAPE.

Unction doesn't prevent erection....

Our pastors need self control.

Orishirishi. Wolves in sheep clothing

I'm not a rape apologist (Don't TACHA me ooooo)

But


This judgement looks bias to me. (How can a 60 years old man rape an 18 years old lady severally in an hotel without raising alarm) I smell CONSPIRACY somewhere!!! Why would a lady follow a SPIRITUAL LEADER to an hotel if they are not in a consensual relationship


BEFORE YOU COMMIT ADULTERY OR FORNICATION, BETTER HAVE MONEY FOR A GOOD LAWYER!!!!

If you carry this attitude to the West, Oyinbo will quickly teach you a lesson you will NEVER forget.

Then, you will come and claim "set-up" when you're a no body and not Martin Luther King or Malcolm X

And YES, Lagos is relatively intolerant of such offenders. That's good of them.

callthefred:
Justice Oshodi and always sentencing men for rape. Same with Baba Ijesa. I suspect the victim was pressured by her family to claim it was rape because how do you rape someone more than once?

RhemaJet7:
Recently, God judged every False Prophets, engaged me to participate in the judgment, we cursed them.

Thank God, this is one of the outcomes of the judgment.

It's shocking but I'm glad at the same time.

Justice served !

May God exposed and destroy the remaining False Preachers around the world.

They're corrupting , defiling the Holy Land. Tarnishing the hard earned image of Genuine Servants of God, who suffer, risk their lives daily in serving God genuinely.

The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church in Jesus Mighty name, amen!

Remain ever blessed.

Jesus is Lord.

Shalom.

I am Prophet Olaide Mudasiru,
The Rebuilder of God's Kingdom to the world,
Intercessor Over All Nations And kingdoms,
Founder, New Nation Gospel Ministries International,
Nigeria

welldone sir, more oil on your head...

Rape is a reprehensible act. But I can't understand certain things in this story. A man raped you and you came back to him several times to get raped again on several other different occasions? How? And since the first act in 2017? I smell a fish here

Some of all these new generational churches ,their pastors, are worst than devil.

myonekobosay:
Testosterone.....Adult men: roughly 300–1,000 ng/dL and Adult women: roughly 15–70 ng/dL. Spike her levels up and she will chop the whole community

She can't chop the whole community, worse she uses a Love Machine,,,, a hole cant bore itself except a nail is driven into it whereas a nail na can be used to cause catastrophe everywhere....

Una dey always get name for everything to exempt una self from the whole. Wetin be 'False Prophet"? SMH

RhemaJet7:
Recently, God judged every False Prophets, engaged me to participate in the judgment, we cursed them.

Thank God, this is one of the outcomes of the judgment.

It's shocking but I'm glad at the same time.

Justice served !

May God exposed and destroy the remaining False Preachers around the world.

They're corrupting , defiling the Holy Land. Tarnishing the hard earned image of Genuine Servants of God, who suffer, risk their lives daily in serving God genuinely.

The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church in Jesus Mighty name, amen!

Remain ever blessed.

Jesus is Lord.

Shalom.

I am Prophet Olaide Mudasiru,
The Rebuilder of God's Kingdom to the world,
Intercessor Over All Nations And kingdoms,
Founder, New Nation Gospel Ministries International,
Nigeria

UnknownQueen:
Why is it hard for a man to hold body unlike the women folks

Why why why

Because se. X is always a trophy for them, something to brag about.
Se. X is the only way a man can humiliate a woman.

Pastor, you get wife ooo, ashawo full ground ooo, hook up girl full ground ooo, church offering never finish to import oyinbo girls from america, Canada, china, Israel, Iran and iraq ooo, na you carry yourself put inside this problem by yourself, another man now go dey wire your wife freely for your own bed, you see your life, na for this world your judgement dey start before you face am for heaven.

Meanwhile check my signature

All those pastors hiding under Covering that Jesus has wash away their sin with his blood poisonous leader

Chris Douglas at 63 years.
Because he refused to retain the knowledge of God, he was handed over to the devil to do things that are unjust.

While this is good and commendable judgement to deter other rogues.. there should be no such thing as freeing 'repentant terrorists'. They should be punished like this and swiftly.

Life imprisonment is too harsh, when he did not kill somebody, what happened to 20 or 30 years imprisonment. Lagos state need to review its law .
A lot of teachers are serving the same term now just because of few minutes enjoyment, we are losing productive men

RhemaJet7:
Recently, God judged every False Prophets, engaged me to participate in the judgment, we cursed them.

Thank God, this is one of the outcomes of the judgment.

It's shocking but I'm glad at the same time.

Justice served !

May God exposed and destroy the remaining False Preachers around the world.

They're corrupting , defiling the Holy Land. Tarnishing the hard earned image of Genuine Servants of God, who suffer, risk their lives daily in serving God genuinely.

The gates of hell shall not prevail against the church in Jesus Mighty name, amen!

Remain ever blessed.

Jesus is Lord.

Shalom.

I am Prophet Olaide Mudasiru,
The Rebuilder of God's Kingdom to the world,
Intercessor Over All Nations And kingdoms,
Founder, New Nation Gospel Ministries International,
Nigeria

Prevention is better than cure. In Islam, Allah says laa takrabu zinnah…Do not go near adultery or fornication. That means we must avoid every action that could lead to fornication. If a religion allows men and women to remain alone in any place for whatever reason, that religion is joking with evil. No matter the spiritual state of any human being, so long as blood runs in your veins, Satan will tempt you. Putting hands on a woman or holding her for whatever reasons is forbidden. The aim is to avoid temptation and adultery. Allah who created us knows us better than we know ourselves.

I hope this law should also be applied in the north, which is the head quarters of rape..

Serves him right, tbere are so many of them hiding under the cloak of priesthood, anyways kundus to the court