A Roman Catholic Church priest from a town in South Africa, has been accused of breaking the church’s oath of celibacy by allegedly failing to keep his pants on.
Father Martin Magoro was accused of snatching one of his spiritual flock’s girlfriends and allegedly sired a child with her.
The church’s rules don’t allow their priests to dabble in sex.
These claims were made by the woman’s heartbroken boyfriend of five years, who told Sunday World during an interview that his lover made him to believe the child was his.
The self-employed man, 39, said his world came crashing down when he discovered that the woman he intended to marry allegedly had an affair with the man of the cloth.
He said he made this discovery six months after the child was born but stayed in the relationship to gather all the facts.
The Centurion-based man said he only confronted his girlfriend in September last year and she allegedly confessed to having given the holy man the forbidden fruit that led to the procreation.
After he satisfied himself about the findings of his undercover probe, the man registered a complaint with the church but claims elders at the local parish seemed unwilling to investigate the matter.
The man said he met his lover at church in 2014 and they started dating.
“Coincidentally, we were both staying in Pretoria but she moved back home the following year to take driving lessons and I would visit her on weekends.
“I noticed a strange relationship between my girlfriend and the priest but I was comfortable thinking he wouldn’t touch my woman since he took an oath of celibacy.
“After four months of moving back home, my girlfriend told me she was pregnant and I was excited.