A city bishop attached to the Anglican Church of Kenya has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman by touching her breasts and attempting to kiss her contrary to the law.
Bishop Joel Waweru was charged before Kibera senior principal magistrate Derrick Kuto, where he denied the two criminal counts related to sexual assault.
According to the charge sheet, the cleric committed the offence on different dates and different times in Lang'ata subcounty in Nairobi.
According to the charge sheet, Waweru is accused that being a person in a position of authority, he persistently made sexual advances to J.N.M knowing or having reason to believe that she didn't welcome such advances.
In the second count, he is charged with touching the breast of J.N.M indecently on July 13, 2021.
According to the police report, Waweru is said to have sexually assaulted the woman since 2018.
The woman was even demoted from being the parish vicar and the archdiocesan to a vicar and later transferred to another church and her salary deducted.
The police report said the woman complained that the bishop on various occasions embarrassed her, asking her to tell the congregation that he had never demanded sex from her as the rumours claimed.
The woman further told the police, documents show, that the bishop also tried to kiss her but his wife entered the office, and did not notice anything.
The police report further said that one day, when she had a stain on her blouse, the bishop came to her office and indecently touched her breasts where the stain was, which made her feel uncomfortable and uneasy.
She reported to the police that Waweru had again told her that she was beautiful and liked her.
The police report said the woman felt the bishop is obsessed with her yet she is married.
The report said in another instance, Waweru summoned her in front of elders of the church and lied about her calling the elders "ihii", meaning uncircumcised men.
The police report said that the woman felt embarrassed, emotionally frustrated and insecure.
However, the bishop pleaded not guilty to the accusations and pleaded for a lenient bond terms.
Kuto released him on Sh50,000 cash bail and directed that the matter be mentioned after a fortnight.
(edited by Amol Awuor)
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