A 34-year-old pastor of the New Babillon Apostolic Church in Evaton West appeared in the Sebokeng regional court on Monday in connection with the repeated rape of a 14-year-old girl.
He is alleged to have raped the girl, a member of his church, multiple times between August 2024 and January this year.
The first incident allegedly happened on August 16 last year when the child, her parents and the pastor were returning from a spiritual ritual in Clarens, Free State.