Priest 'ordered women to strip'
2006-03-28 11:40
Blantyre - Police in the southern African country of Malawi have arrested a priest for ordering 15 women to strip while he conducted special prayers for them, said a spokesperson on Tuesday.
Moyenda Chitimbe said that the priest from Bible Believers, one of several Pentecostal churches that had mushroomed in the country, was arrested after one of the women filed a complaint.
Chitimbe said the priest asked the women to disrobe while he conducted "special prayers", adding that the "women obliged and remained naked while the pastor gazed at their nudity".
The priest was due to appear in court for charges of violating the modesty of women, which carried a minimum sentence of 18 months.
- AFP