A Female Pastor Dump's Her Newly Born Child To Save God

• A 41 year old female pastor was Leading Mvera Assemblies of God Church 

• Dumped the child for fear of being fired 

Sgt Richard Kaponda: The female pastor is in
Police custody and the baby is fine

A female Pastor of Assemblies of God Church in Mvera , has dumped her newly born baby boy, but the baby weighing 3.6kgs is in good health at Mvera Hospital as a 41 year old mom is in police custody in Dowa district.

The baby boy has survived after members of community found him crying in a bush and was taken to Mvera hospital immediately, says Dowa Police Public Relations Officer Sergeant Richard Kaponda who identified the mother as a pastor leading the congregation at Mvera Assemblies of God Church, Mercy Longwe aged 41 from Chipuza village of T/A Chiwere in Dowa district.

Dowa Police PRO said members of the community found the newly born wrapped in clothes and it was clear that the child was dumped there. 

"After the child was taken to Mvera hospital, police were alerted of the development and our investigation led to the arrest of Mercy Longwe" said Kaponda while confirm that the female pastor confessed she is the owner of the abandoned baby boy.

Sgt Kaponda said Pastor Mercy Longwe (not married) told police that she delivered the child in the bush so that it should be easy to dump the newly born child.

She explained to police that the decision to dump the child came when her boyfriend had earlier denied to support her and the unborn child.

She further told police that, she could have been fired as a pastor if she kept the baby alive, since it would have been considered an offense against church doctrine for unmarried female pastor to bore a child.

Pastor Longer also told police that she kept her pregnancy secret by tighten her stomach and telling lies to those who happen to take notice of it. Said Kaponda, "She said, when someone asks she would claim that it was 'Njodo' (Potbelly)."

"Mercy Longwe will appear in court soon to answer the charge of concealing the birth of a child" says Sgt Kaponda