Pastor Timi Adigun of MINE teenage ministry, a church focused on the sexual purity of teenagers, has been called out for allegedly sexually harassing teenage girls.
The Pastor was called out by a teens counsellor identified as Akan Imoh on Facebook. According to him, the culprit has been having carnal knowledge of ladies in his church, despite being the chief convener of “sexual purity/virginity day” in Nigeria.
Akan said when rumours of the clergyman’s sexual escapades started spreading, top leaders of the church launched an investigation into the matter and discovered that the allegations were true.
He expressed his grievance that the pastor has refused to address the allegations since it became public knowledge few months ago and has gone ahead to establish another church named “Haven of love”.
Read his full post below,
Reacting to the allegations, Mine Teenage Ministry has taken to Twitter to dissociate itself from the alleged shameful act of the pastor.
In a series of tweets, they wrote,
Based on the issue of sexual harrasment against Timi Adigun, the Coordinator of MINE Teenage Ministry, we hereby dissociate the message of the ministry from his actions
As a ministry, we stepped in to ask him to do the right thing, but our efforts were rebuffed.
Ever since the issue came up, he took over the social media accounts of the ministry, this is the only account we have access to.
We hereby announce to the general public that the message of sexual purity still stands irrespective of the action of the man that held a key position.
Following that with the talebearer sermon discouraging members from spreading tales about men of God in advance before his sexual acts with girls in the church were found out.
His defence when quizzed was that the girls also enjoyed the acts, and no one loves the girls as much as he does, going even as far as saying God will vindicate him.
When asked to take a break, he remarked that he’s been doing it for years and no one knew, so why would he stop preaching now when people still get saved despite his acts!
Together with his wife, Timilehin Adigun has instead taken to Instagram to do giveaways and creating a positive image of himself, not even a month from when the story broke out of his many excesses.
1. Based on the issue of sexual harrasment against Timi Adigun, the Coordinator of MINE Teenage Ministry, we hereby dissociate the message of the ministry from his actions
2. As a ministry, we stepped in to ask him to do the right thing, but our efforts were rebuffed.
— MineTeenageMinistry (@MINEministry) December 10, 2020
2. Following that with the talebearer sermon discouraging members from spreading tales about men of God in advance before his sexual acts with girls in the church were found out.
— MineTeenageMinistry (@MINEministry) December 10, 2020
