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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom · 2026

United Kingdom: ZAOGA church elder convicted of rape sentenced in absentia, fled before sentencing

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

elder, ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries International Leeds Assembly, director of a Leeds care company through which he met the victim

Organization

ZAOGA Forward in Faith Ministries International, Leeds Assembly

Spiritual nexus

Majoni, a prominent elder of the ZAOGA Leeds Assembly, used his standing in the church community and a separate business relationship to coerce a vulnerable Zimbabwean woman, threatening to report her immigration status to force compliance.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority
  • Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2026-07-14 · conviction and sentence (in absentia)

    Leeds Crown Court, England. Convicted at trial of three counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault. Sentenced in his absence to 13 years' imprisonment and a lifetime restraining order after he failed to attend sentencing and fled; police are searching for him.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • standing as a church elder used to build trust with a vulnerable woman
  • threat to report the victim to the Home Office for deportation unless she complied

Primary record

Sources

regional newspaper court reporting criminal disposition and nexus Yorkshire Evening Post, 'Woman fears Leeds rapist on the run will come back to kill her' (Jul. 2026).

Local court reporting on Majoni's conviction, ZAOGA eldership, sentence, and flight before sentencing.

diaspora press court reporting corroboration ZimEye, 'ZAOGA Church Elder Named Among Leeds' Most Dangerous Convicted Criminals Following Rape Sentence' (Jul. 14, 2026).

Diaspora press corroboration naming Majoni's ZAOGA eldership and the immigration-status coercion detail.

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