A twisted pastor in Scotland – referred to as “Daddy” to his congregants – instructed a feminine parishioner he sexually assaulted that he was “eradicating demons” from her physique to justify the sick act, a jury heard.
Walter Masocha, 61, repeatedly groped the 58-year-old married lady – who had come to him for prayer – inside his Stirling house about 20 years in the past, claiming that God had “given her to him as a present” and ordered her to kiss his “holy lips,” The Instances reported.
The predatory preacher was discovered responsible of tried rape and sexually assaulting the wedded sufferer and one other lady following a trial on the Excessive Court docket in Livingston.
“She was searching for prayer and she or he discovered herself being preyed upon,” advocate depute Michael MacIntosh instructed the Edinburgh court docket.
“Walter Masocha wasn’t only a pastor and a preacher, he was a predator who thought that his energy and place rendered him immune from suspicion.”
The opposite lady, 39, instructed the court docket the wicked clergyman sexually assaulted her for greater than six years – from January 2006 to July 2012 – beginning when she was simply 20.
She stated Masocha attacked her for the primary time in his ritzy mansion when he grabbed her face and shoved his tongue into her mouth. The sinister preacher, throughout their second encounter, slapped the teen on the bum as she walked up stairs, the lady recounted to the court docket.
The married Zimbabwean nationwide stated the abuse escalated when Masocha – thought-about a father determine in church and sometimes referred to as “dad” or “daddy” – took her to his bed room and tried to rape her.
“Subsequent factor I bear in mind is he pushed me ahead and pulled my trousers and pants down,” the lady recalled, explaining how she initially froze earlier than she managed to interrupt free and run away.
“I used to be on the entrance of the mattress the place I used to be standing.”
The girl’s husband finally confronted the vile preacher, who fell to the bottom and begged the couple to wish for him, saying, “I’m sorry, I cherished you an excessive amount of.”
Masocha, who based his personal church in Scotland in 2007 and arrange ministries throughout the UK, the US and Canada, defended himself in the course of the trial and accused each ladies of mendacity, along with two different witnesses who testified, based on the outlet.
He was convicted of tried rape, two counts of indecent assault and sexual assault.
“This was appalling conduct,” Justice Susan Craig instructed the sicko churchman, noting he’ll stay on the intercourse offender registry for the remainder of his life.
“It’s utterly clear to me that it will lead to a custodial sentence. When you’ve been bailed till now I’m going to revoke that bail instantly and the officers there’ll take you into jail for remand.”
Masocha, who was beforehand convicted in 2015 of sexually assaulting a feminine congregate, will stay behind bars till he’s sentenced on July 28.
