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John Kanyua (left) loses wife to pastor<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Kenyan man has accused a top pastor in the country, Bishop\u00a0Wangivi\u00a0of Joy Springs Church of snatching his wife 26 years after presiding over their wedding.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The distraught husband,\u00a0John Kanyua said he lost his wife, Leah Wambui to the randy Bishop after he approached her to become an assistant pastor in his church.<\/p>\n

The businessman admitted not taking the Bishop’s consistent admiration for his wife seriously until he took off with his wife.<\/p>\n

Kanyua revealed that he got suspcious of his wife’s amorous relationship with the Bishop after he started visiting his\u00a0house in the morning, spending the entire day locked in with her.<\/p>\n

The Bishop however ran away with his wife after he sought the intervention\u00a0of the local administration and members of the clergy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fueled the issue further as the pastor later ran away with my wife and children and rented a house in a nearby market where they live,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He further disclosed that he has been contacted by his wife’s parents to\u00a0accept repayment of the dowry he paid to them\u00a0to pave way for the new wedding of their daughter.<\/p>\n

Kanyua hower said he refused the offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is unacceptable and I wouldn\u2019t sit back and watch someone take my family. If the government does not intervene, I will choose my ways. It has taken me a lot to grow the family all those years. I will not allow the wedding to continue. I can also seek legal redress. Let her stop soiling her name and ask for forgiveness, then I will take her back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Bishop’s wife of 34 years,\u00a0Agnes Wangivi also confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n

The mother of three recalled having Leah over\u00a0for family dinners though in the absence of her husband and on invitation of her own husband.<\/p>\n

“I strongly objected the appointment, but he was determined to have his way. I confronted Leah and threatened her not to play games with my husband. She looked innocent, and I gave in.<\/p>\n

\u201c I started questioning their friendship. I confronted Kanyua to keep his wife away from my husband, but he seemed blindfolded. My husband developed cold feet on his family and ran away to Leah in 2015,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Agnes said she still cannot understand why her husband got tired of her despite the challenges they went through to build their lives in their younger years.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have gone through a lot when we started the church to grow it. To have all the property we have, we went through a lot, and then someone wants to throw it away by marrying a stranger. I can\u2019t allow this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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