Police in Hoima are investigating a prominent pastor for alleged defilement and malicious damage.
Pastor Monday Lenox, of Bujuura United Miracle church in Bujumbura division, Hoima municipal council, was arrested on Monday. He is accused of defiling and impregnating a 15-year-old girl.
Patrick Mwebaze, the criminal investigations officer said on Monday that the pastor committed the office in February, shortly after the girl approached him for prayers.
Mwebaze said the police are also investigating the victim’s parents for failing to report the matter in time. The matter was brought to the attention of the police just last week, almost six months after the incident.
The pastor has however denied the allegations. He says that the allegations are baseless and only intended to discredit his work.
The embattled pastor is also investigating being investigated for malicious damage. He is accused of injuring seven cows belonging to Hanington Ndahura a resident of Bujumbura.
Mwebaze says the pastor attacked and injured the cows on Friday night, after he found them being grazing in his garden in Bujumbura.
Investigations into both cases are still underway.
