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S’African court bars pastor from spraying congregation with insecticide
A court order has been obtained stopping a South African pastor, who sprays his congregants with insecticide to supposedly cure their ailments, to desist from the practice which has elicited criticism form the public.
Derick Kganyago, a spokesman for Limpopo’s department of health, said the regional government had obtained a court order against Rabalogo “until he appears in court in January. Doom is not fit for human consumption”.
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But the pastor of the Mountzion General Assembly church, who has sprayed some of his church members in the face, Lethebo Rabalago who has been dubbed the ‘Prophet of Doom’ by local media, still inisists that his methods are harmless and helps followers recover from illnesses.
South African pastors have been know to apply bizzare methods which they claim heal their congregation of certain ailments.
In 2014, another South African preacher north of the capital Pretoria urged dozens in his congregation to eat grass for healing. In 2015, the same preacher made his congregants drink petrol promising it would cure their various ailments.
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