A SENIOR pastor of Kings Chapel Church has been dragged to court for committing adultery with a married woman of his church.
Pastor Nicholas Chungu, 38, a widower of Chawama, was taken to court by James Lundu, 34, of the same township for having an affair with his wife, Mary Mwenda, 26.
Lundu told senior court magistrates Martha Tembo and Kalunga Chansa that he discovered their pastor, Chungu, was committing adultery with his wife after he found love text messages in his wife’s phone from the ‘man of God’.
But Pastor Chungu told the court that the messages found on Mwenda’s phone were intended for another lover he named as “Gloria” but were accidentally sent to Lundu’s wife by his son, who was playing with his mobile phone. No explanation was given as to how he got Mary’s number.
Lundu, who presented his wife’s phone to the court to read out the text messages, said it was difficult to believe that the messages were sent by mistake, especially that they were sent on several different occasions.
In one of the text messages, Pastor Chungu wrote: “I will give you the best love of your dreams. Maybe you think I am pretending, no, I am not married. I am now single, I am so into you. God should protect you until I marry you. I will love you until you cry but I will satisfy you in everything. You have made me mad emotionally sweetie; I love you, good day.”
Another text message sent around 22:00 hours read in part: “Sorry, I went to bath because I have a sharp headache. I am feeling sick. I will love you, I love you.”
In his statement, Pastor Chungu denied ever being in a love relationship with Lundu’s wife.
“Lundu’s wife is in fact the one who started spreading rumours immediately after we buried my wife that I had proposed marriage to her when in fact not. How can I propose marriage to a married woman?” Pastor Chungu asked.
He said before his wife died, Lundu’s wife pretended to be a caring person who spent most of her time by his late wife’s bedside when she was sick.
“I sometimes had to ask her to leave because I knew she also had a family to take care of instead of spending all her time with my sick wife. During her visitations, she would come dressed inappropriately, sometimes wearing mini-dresses or skirts, a situation that caused my wife to eventually confront her,” the clergyman said.
He said Lundu’s wife even started asking his son how he would feel if his father married her and insisted on knowing which other females visited him.
But when asked by the court how messages meant for his lover were always accidentally sent to Lundu’s wife, Pastor Chungu failed to give any convincing explanation except blaming it on his Blackberry phone.
However, Lundu’s wife, Mary, told the court that Pastor Chungu proposed marriage to her in December 2011 and further promised to marry her.
“We started having sex in August 2012. The first time we did it around 20:00 hours in Chinika area in an open ground. The second time we had sex was in my home when my husband was away.
After that, we then started going to Blue Water Motel in Chawama every Monday. We were using room number seven,” Mary said.
She said her relationship with Pastor Chungu ended when her husband, Lundu, found out.
The court adjourned judgment pending scene visit to the Blue Water Motel, where the duo is purported to have been enjoying their trysts from.
kapwele
April 29, 2013 at 9:42 am
mwebantu shuwa where is this so called christian nation going ayi?awe twachilamo ba sata when are u going to start implementing strict rules on these cowards?no more democracy for them.chopeti
Reveal!
April 30, 2013 at 10:40 am
Christian nation is simply a declaration.Pastor was fulfilling what he preaches in church.Not long ago Pastor Pule went after member”s wife who was dying and married her after the husband died.Adultery in rife in churches
Call Me
April 29, 2013 at 9:46 am
NO COMMENTS FOR SUCH!
Kapros
April 29, 2013 at 9:53 am
Why didn`t he just get a single lady from the church to marry instead of him going to a married woman?Ooh Zambia!
lushile
April 29, 2013 at 10:02 am
lesa tashentekwa,icho umuntu abyala echo akalobolola.
jaykada
April 29, 2013 at 11:16 am
iyi yena te bumu..mami ni wuze baibe ndaba nalema kumvela ku bantu ve vichita nika yanda kunchito
chileshe
April 29, 2013 at 11:38 am
what a pastor,you are bringing shame upon the name of God.may other the law take its course. to hell with the hypocrite of the pastor.
kaluzo
April 29, 2013 at 12:20 pm
folish married woman she is even proud to talk about
her stupidties
Beautifu
April 29, 2013 at 12:43 pm
M nt surprised cz thr r catholic priests who go out wit married women.one my ask y.its cz a maried woman wil nt gt pregnant n owez play safe hence small chance of bagage n she wont b clingy.thez dayz its o abt sex.thoz disputin i kno wat m tokin abt fo God z my witness.peace
Elijah
April 29, 2013 at 1:16 pm
What a shame…which god do you worship?
KA GELO
April 29, 2013 at 1:21 pm
It is not about Zambia being a Christian nation. These issues about clergymen are personal. It is not all pastors, preachers etc who are promiscuous.
I like women so much
April 29, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Ndepapa fye!!!
Shortcake
April 29, 2013 at 2:32 pm
Ya kuti waseka, ba Pastor you are human just acceept that you did something wrong chapwa
KAYAAAA
April 29, 2013 at 3:12 pm
THE SAME THINGS IS HAPPENING IN KITWE WHERE A PASTOR IS ALMOST SEEN EVERY MEMBERS WIFE BY INVITING THESE WIVES TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY FOR WINDOWS AND OFFALS.
GOD WILL PUNISH THESE PIPO BADLY. MOST OF THESE WOMEN ARE VERY FOOLISH THEY PRETEND TO BE HOLLY IN CHURCH BUT WHAT THEY DO IS SOMETHING ELSE.
abene bansamba
April 29, 2013 at 3:33 pm
And what the hell shouldn’t this person adopt one of the world’s famous porn star’s names instead of calling himself a pastor?am sure there are so many unmarried women in his congregation.Not only the so called pastor is to condemn but the woman as well for being careless with her fon remember,no dame is another man’s property.please mr.pastor continue the consuminizim but remember to be extremely careful with the way you send messages to careless married women next time period.
Zebige
April 29, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Yangwe ! And you want to demonize gays while overlooking people committing adultery in this manner hurting other peoples feelings and marriages ? A country of hypocrites.
Soulkings
April 29, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Good luck dear husband.never go back to yo vomit, she is a whole.once a hule alwaz a hule.she is not even mannered to spit such rubish.
The One
April 29, 2013 at 3:53 pm
THERE ARE VERY FEW PASTORS THESE DAYS VERY FEW INDEED
Advocate
April 29, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Imwe bantu, the Pastor sent SMSs to her more than once accidentally. Blame it on his Blackberry phone and his son.
musuma
April 29, 2013 at 5:11 pm
ne shina lyaka ena, ati kings chapel. atase!
lulu love
April 29, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Yaba agony ba pastor ninyele yabwanji?
Wanu Ngwee
April 29, 2013 at 9:40 pm
ARE YOU SURE THIS PASTOR IS NOT ZIMBABWEAN? EBAFISHIBA IFI…
Chipwiti
April 29, 2013 at 9:55 pm
To the woman’s husband why even take her to court,just chase her and marry a decent woman or is it ali kufulunganya, wake up.
big fingerz
April 29, 2013 at 10:10 pm
pastor alefwaika ukuputulako akabukala kwati ekalemutumpika to an extent yakutombela mu ground umukashi wamwine? wat a shame
Hil
April 30, 2013 at 12:05 am
@ kayaaaa suporting th ministry of widows and OFFALS or ORPHANS?????please tek ur tym befor u submit ur coments
SEKOPONOKE
April 30, 2013 at 8:02 am
Adulterers. Mr Lundu divorce this ***** of your wife
sxecersing
April 30, 2013 at 8:19 am
sex in an open ground sure?
koppala
April 30, 2013 at 8:30 am
ok bafikala ba pastor mwatutombela , is it because ftj scraped marriage interfferance clause 4 knew it was going 2 catch up with him after snatching regina 4rm a mr. mwanza of ndola .may the law apply…
lsk
April 30, 2013 at 8:41 am
so chikala alilya imiku iingi in that same room 7 , chitamfye fye chaba indofu