A teenage pastor has impregnated his married church founder in Mutare who has since dumped her husband of two years.

Frank Emmanuel (19) confirmed his relationship with the founder of Dangamvura­ based Faith, Hope and Life Ministries, Bernadette Nyanga (26) and said the marital bliss was over between Bernadette and her husband, Leslie Mparutsa (26). “I am not dating someone’s wife. The two (Bernadette and Leslie) broke up and I don’t know why he is continuously pestering her. If you want to get the truth, call Bernadette on her Net­One line. Leslie is out to tarnish my image as a man of God as well as that of Bernadette who recently founded her own ministry. She is a woman of God and some people are misleading Leslie to tarnish our image. I cannot say anything on the alleged affair, why can’t you phone Bernadette?”

A bitter Leslie said he was left to nurse a broken heart by the woman he gave his unconditional love. “I have lost my wife for two years to a young pastor in Dangamvura, Frank and the two are spending most of their time together. At one time, I confronted Frank to leave my wife alone, but he told me that Bernadette had lied to her that she had divorced me. “The two continued with their affair. I arrived home last Tuesday night from church and discovered that my wife was not at home. I waited for her return in vain and decided to look for her at Frank’s house in Area 3. It was around midnight and I was told that he had left and was now staying in Founders area of Nyamauru also in Dangamvura,” he said. Leslie followed the two to their new love nest and allegedly caught up with the lovebirds who were walking in the company of Frank’s three armour bearers (monyas). “The armour bearers confronted me and told me to leave the two alone.

They warned me never to confront their prophet again. I left them and decided to make a police report at Dangamvura Police Station since I had been threatened by the monyas as well as Bernadette’s text messages. I was advised by the police that it was a civil matter,” he said. Leslie, who is a musician and plays with Manicaland provincial Chibuku Road to Fame winners, said he was forced to tie the knot by Bernadette’s late mother who bankrolled the whole wedding. “My late mother­in­law bankrolled my wedding in December 2013 after I had told her that I did not have the resources for such an occasion.

She said I would repay her later, but unfortunately she passed on before I paid her money back. “My two­year marriage with Bernadette failed to produce any children and I later discovered that my wife was partaking birth control tablets. What is paining me most is her claims that she is now carrying Frank’s baby, yet our marriage is still to be annulled,” said Lesli