State radio in Zimbabwe said Monday that a prominent critic of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube was being sued for adultery.The radio claimed the cleric, who is archbishop of the second city of Bulawayo, had been having a two-year relationship with a married woman.
The woman, who has been named, admitted to the affair to ZBC news, the radio claimed.
Her husband is reported to be suing Ncube. The report said that court papers had been served on Ncube on Monday.
Ncube, who is regularly vilified by the Mugabe government, said he was unwilling to comment until the matter had been settled by the courts.
This is not the first time Ncube has been accused by the state of adultery.
Many Mugabe critics will treat the latest allegations with scepticism.
A week ago Mugabe hit out at church leaders he accused of peddling falsehoods about Zimbabwe, saying they have sworn to celibacy but they sleep around.
The 83-year old Zimbabwe president did not give any names.
Ncube recently angered the Mugabe government when he told international reporters that military intervention would be justified in Zimbabwe, reeling under chronic economic and social hardships.
Earlier this year the archbishop travelled to Australia to convince authorities there not to send their cricket team to play in Zimbabwe, to protest rights abuses in Zimbabwe.
The tour was later cancelled by Prime Minister John Howard's government.
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