Pastor Raped Multiple Women and Children From His Congregation, Forced Them to Have Abortions

International | Micaiah Bilger | Jan 14, 2020 | 2:09PM | Birmingham, England

A pastor in England was convicted last week of raping several young members of his congregation and then forcing them to abort their unborn babies to cover up his abuse.

The Mirror reports evangelical pastor Michael Oluronbi, 60, of Birmingham, originally from Nigeria, was found guilty of sexually abusing six women and a man on Friday in Birmingham Crown Court. Authorities suspect there may be even more victims who have not come forward.

Oluronbi, also a licensed pharmacist, impregnated four of his young victims and then made them abort their unborn babies, either by forcing them to take abortion drugs or taking them to abortion facilities, according to the report.

“He was a qualified pharmacist so he had access to certain medications, and on other occasions booked them into clinics under false names,” said Detective Superintendent Nick Walton of West Midlands Police, according to the Daily Mail. “One of the girls had five or six abortions.”

Oluronbi’s youngest victim was 9 years old, according to reports, though the news outlets did not take into account the unborn victims who were killed in the forced abortions.

Juliana Oluronbi, 58, the pastor’s wife, also was convicted of helping her husband abuse the children and helping arrange some of their abortions, the Mirror reports.

According to the Daily Mail, the victims are now adults. One came forward to report the abuse several years ago, and Oluronbi was arrested in 2018. Authorities said he abused children in his congregation for at least two decades starting in the 1980s.

Prosecutor Phil Bradley QC told the jury that Oluronbi’s church was more like a cult.

“The main tactic he employed was to claim that God had instructed him to administer ‘holy baths’ to some of his congregation in order to ‘cleanse’ them and protect them from evil influences,” Bradley said. “That activity began when his victims were children. There can be no doubt that its real purpose was to serve his sexual gratification.”

Police said Oluronbi confessed to sexual abuse in a 2019 video. He allegedly claimed the devil made him abuse the children. However, according to reports, Oluronbi pleaded not guilty during the trial.

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Abortions and abuse are closely linked. Women and girls frequently are coerced or forced into aborting their unborn babies. And sometimes when they refuse, they are abused or killed. Studies of victims of sex trafficking also indicate they often are pressured or forced to abort their unborn babies so they can continue working.

Here are other reports LifeNews has covered in recent years:

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California – Man Forced His Girlfriend at Gunpoint at Take Drugs to Kill Her Baby in Abortion

Wisconsin – Man Allegedly Slipped Abortion Drugs into Pregnant Girlfriend’s Drink

England – Man Tries to Force Girlfriend to Abort Their Disabled Baby: “It Would be Cruel to Have a Baby Like That”

Indiana – Teen Kills Pregnant Girlfriend After She Waited Too Long to Get Abortion: “I Took Action, I Took Her Life”

Tennessee – Man Kills Girlfriend and 4-Month Old Baby, She Refused to Abort So He Could Escape Child Support

New York – Attacker Kills Woman 5 Months Pregnant, New York’s New Abortion Law Says Her Baby Isn’t a Human Being

Utah – Man Reportedly Killed His Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend Because She Refused to Have Abortion

Virginia – Doctor Convicted of Spiking Pregnant Girlfriend’s Drink with Abortion Drugs

Hawaii – Man Stabs His Girlfriend More Than Two Dozen Times Because She Refused an Abortion

California – Man Hired Hitman to Kill His Girlfriend and Unborn Son Because She Refused Abortion