Police in Kilimanjaro are hunting for a Catholic Church priest on allegation of defiling a 14-year-old boy.
Sources in Moshi said that the incident, which has turned into the talk of the town, occurred last Saturday at Lego Mullo Village and since then the priest has vanished.
When contacted, the Kilimanjaro regional
police commander, Mr Lucas Ng’hoboko, could not deny or confirm the
incident, but said he has already dispatched investigators to follow up
the reports.
However, sources told this paper that the incident
has already reported to the police with a file number MOS/RB/14614/2010
opened at Moshi central police station.
Sources said the matter was
handed to Himo police station for a follow up.
The Lego Mullo
village executive officer at Kilema South Ward in Moshi Rural District,
Mr Adam Mbuya, told The Citizen that the incident allegedly occurred at
around 9pm.
According to him, the priest had asked the boy who
work in his house to follow him, as he wanted to punish him for being
lazy.
But when they arrived at the valley near the house, he attacked
and defiled him, the village leader said.
“We have reported the
incident to the police who have already launched investigations. We are
collaborating with them since Sunday but we have not been able to arrest
the suspect,” he said.
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