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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Mochudi, Botswana · 2025

Botswana: pastor sentenced to twenty years for raping a woman who confided her trauma to him

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of The Divine Anointing Church International

Organization

The Divine Anointing Church International

Spiritual nexus

She brought him her worst experience as her pastor, and he used the standing that gave him.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2025-11-01 · conviction and sentence

    Mochudi Magistrate's Court, Botswana. Goitsekgosi Mojadigo, 35, of The Divine Anointing Church International, was convicted in November 2025 and sentenced to twenty years for the 2023 rape of a young woman who had confided her earlier trauma to him in his capacity as pastor and counsellor.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • pastoral counselling relationship after the victim confided prior trauma to him

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Mmegi: 'Mojadigo slapped with 20-year prison sentence for rape'.

National paper of record's court report.

official government release sentencing report Botswana Daily News: sentencing report.

Government news service corroboration.

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