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Kenyan-Born Priest Acquitted of Sexually Assaulting Fellow Priest in Michigan

Kenyan-Born Priest Acquitted of Sexually Assaulting Fellow Priest in Michigan

A Roman Catholic priest originally from Kenya accused of sexually assaulting a fellow priest in Rogers City, Michigan was last week found not guilty of the crime.

Father Sylvestre Obwaka was acquitted on Thursday, July 20th to charges that he sexually assaulted another priest at the rectory at St Ignatius Church in Rogers City, Michigan in February of this year after the two spent the night drinking. Obwaka admitted that sexual contact occurred between him and his accuser that night, but said it was consensual.

Obwaka told the court that after he and the other priest had a long conversation about their priestly duties over drinks, the two engaged in a mutual kiss and the accuser announced in a suggestive manner that he was heading to bed. Obwaka says he followed his accuser to the bedroom where they engaged in consensual sex, adding that his accuser reciprocated the sexual acts and did not try to stop the acts.

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After the hearings, the jury deliberated for about two hours and in the end said the prosecution did not prove beyond reasonable doubt that the sexual contact was not consensual. It acquitted Obwaka on the two charges he faced; first degree criminal sexual conduct with personal injury and third degree criminal sexual conduct force or coercion.

Obwaka has been a priest since 2010 and became pastor at St Ignatius in July, 2013.

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  1. Mkenya halisiJul 27, 2017

    Hehehe this so called white man demonic religion brot to us:May many gikuyus go back to their roots n worship our mwene nyaga.Such pple in gikuyu tradition with such filthy stinking behaviours were put inside a rolling tank n thrown to the sea.Catholic why don't for once allow men to marry women or vicevisa n they can still worship their white Mary mother!!Waafrica we remain brainwashed by white/colonialism religion n more.Jesus was white,his mother was white brothers n sisters were white mmmmh who was black????

  2. PitaJul 28, 2017

    That's Weta-ngui clan, don't get it twisted

  3. OmeraJul 28, 2017

    Wewe bwana hii maShoga are also in Gikuyuland.Recently a Maragua MP's candidate,a Wairimu was charged for raping another man.The guy is very popular(might win) that the outgoing National House Speaker is making arrangements on how Wairimu will be accommodated in a SPECIAL CAGE inside parliament as no other person can tolerate his SEWAGE SMELL from his daily sexual acts with his. many "WIVES'".Na iyo ndio maendeleo ya Maragua.

  4. xyzJul 28, 2017

    Jesus was not white he was a jew, from israel

  5. KenyaJul 28, 2017

    Correct. brown

  6. JkorigJul 28, 2017

    Omera, Must you really promote your hate propaganda to this level.Where did you learn all this details about the Gikuyu, Maragwa BS.
    The Gikuyu People don't tolerate this nonsense. You are either a Man or Woman or Trash. Even male animals no not to mate with male animals.
    Any way one Day you will quit you Luo hate and grow up.

  7. omeraJul 28, 2017

    Jkorig nenda tahiri kwanza.I never talked about Gikuyu tribe,NO kihii hii.I only said UShoga is in Gikuyuland via an aspiring MP called Wairimu.I have never talked anything about the Luo people either bongolala hii.I only talk about Number 1 murderer in Kenya by the name SAVAGE/CANNIBAL Raila.Maybe you help him in finishing his human fresh leftovers.Is that why you follow muuaji Raila to every burial?Kwani unakuaga na jaa gani?

  8. D MwoseJul 29, 2017

    Actually Jesus was Black(moore)

  9. Mkenya halisiJul 29, 2017

    D Moore I agree with yoo Jesus was black but the whites changed our history writing stuff which favoured them.Actualky do u know even krishna Hindu god was black too.Thats why I feel sorry for our brainwashed black pple who believe in white pple history??

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