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IT’S excellent advice that having an extra-marital affair is a dangerous game, especially if you’re a man of the cloth!
Instead of praying hard for divine intervention after he came up against a difficult time, a pastor of a Pentecostal church in Bulawayo rushed to court and sought a protection order against his wife after she denied him food and use of all household property as punishment for deserting her for 10 years after he allegedly eloped with a girlfriend.
Pastor Joseph Netsai Gakanje of Family of God Church approached the Bulawayo Civil Court seeking to bar his wife, Dorothy Chatira, from causing untold suffering in their marriage as she practically does nothing for him.
He claimed his wife was also denying him access to the bathroom.
To corroborate his claims, he brought to court a small bag with a bath towel and soap saying whenever he wanted to bath, he would go to his relatives or friends.
“I am not given food; I do the laundry and ironing on my own. My wife does not allow me to use the stove, to make tea or warm bath water. I have to go to relatives or friends for a bath and for food and ironing,” complained Pastor Gakanje.
He insisted that he was facing difficulties in looking for a place where he could bath, or even cook as he was not allowed to eat in the house.
“This is the kind of life I am living and I couldn’t bear it any more,” he protested.
He prayed to the court to stop his wife from denying him the use of their matrimonial property.
In her response, a livid Chatira justified her actions with sensational claims that apparently shocked the court.
“He disappeared for 10 years and with a girlfriend. He came back two years ago and whenever he had a girlfriend, he left home. He is also not responsible and I do everything at home.
“Just imagine he is a pastor and he doesn’t support his family. He is the one who is abusing me. Before he came back home, I was very ‘big’ but I have now lost weight because of his abusive behaviour,” fumed Chatira.
She further said her husband was just after tarnishing her image.
Her response, however, didn’t go down well with her husband who quickly sprang to his defence saying her problems were spiritual.
“Yes, it’s true that I’m a pastor. She is, however, lying that I’m neglecting the family as she is the one who just wants to be in charge of everything. Her problem is spiritual and she is moving from one church to another in search of help. Another thing is that when I filed for divorce, she refused to sign the summons,” said Pastor Gakanje.
In a bid to maintain peace between the two estranged parties, presiding magistrate Adelaide Mbeure ordered Chatira not to hinder her husband from using facilities at their matrimonial house in Bulawayo’s Nketa suburb.
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