He carried out his attacks by convincing his victims to take part in a “spiritual bathing” ritual, which he told them would “cleanse” them of evil spirits.

A “feared” pastor who raped children in a bogus religious ceremony over a 20-year period has been jailed.

Self-styled prophet Michael Oluronbi was found guilty in January of offences against six women and a man. Five of those attended his church.

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Oluronbi, who had blamed the devil for his actions, was convicted of 15 counts of rape, seven counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, at Birmingham Crown Court.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    15 days ago

    Twenty years, to give a bit of perspective, that is back in 2004, three years before the iPhone was first launched.

    • lars@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      The article text implies that 20 years ago goes back to the 1980s which gave me 0.04 seconds of comfort followed by 0.04 hours of anxiety and math.