After being slapped with a civil lawsuit of $10,000 for allegedly
impregnating another man’s wife, Reverend Menard Zvenyika was due to appear
before a disciplinary hearing of his church.
However, Zvenyika apparently couldn’t face any further
humiliation and possible excommunication from the church, so he decided
to end his own life by drinking poison, according to reports.
42 year old Chezhira Mukobvu, who had been married to Rosemary Nyamukachi
for 17 years, took Zvenyika to court earlier this year because he believed that his
wife had been impregnated while working for the allegedly adulterous pastor.
The 35-year-old woman had reportedly been employed as a housemaid in the home
of Zvenyika for about 5 years, during which time she had allegedly been forced
to terminate 3 pregnancies fathered by the reverend before finally giving birth
to a son.
Family members claimed that the reverend had died on his way to the hospital
after he swallowed poison at his home on Friday.
Mukobvu testified in court that the adulterous relationship between his wife and
Zvenyika destroyed their marriage and his wife was willing to testify in court as to
the accuracy of his statements. He claimed the reverend should compensate him for
the damage caused to his marriage and the intimate relations his wife had refused him
because of her affair with the reverend.
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