Church leader, members charged with child abuse in Zimbabwe

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Church leader, members charged with child abuse in Zimbabwe

"Prophet" Ishmael Chokurongerwa and some of his congregants appeared in court on Thursday.They said the children did not go to school but were instead being"subjected to abuse as cheap labour".

Police said that 251 minors were found living on a farm run by Chokurongerwa outside Harare during a raid carried out earlier this week. The woman said the shrine was named Canaan and sect members believed that the world was coming to an end.

 

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