Kenya: It's a Setup, Say Kizito Accusers

by Dominic Wabala


Nairobi — Two young men who had accused a Catholic priest of sexual abuse have retracted their statements and asked for police protection.

The men in the Father Renato Kizito saga went to Kilimani police station at 8am and stayed there for half an hour before leaving for an unknown destination.

They are reported to have told police they were threatened by some people and forced to accuse the priest falsely.

They said they did not know the whereabouts of another young man, who together with them, had made the accusations against the priest.

The fresh developments came as Fr Kizito spent a third day with police in what the detectives described as "clarification" sessions.

In his first reaction to the accusations last month, Father Kizito said that his accusers had been offered money by people who wanted to take control of the Sh3 billion property owned by the Koinonia community.

The men, aged just over 18 years, expressed fear for their lives and requested the police to give them security. They have since gone into hiding.

Police doctors who earlier examined the three men did not find any conclusive evidence that they had been molested while the fourth alleged victim, an 11-year-old boy, denied before his mother and lawyer that he was sexually molested when he was interrogated by CID officers.
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Detectives from the CID's Serious Crimes branch investigating the accusations have been interrogating the priest before writing a report to be handed over to the Police Commissioner this week.

Not found evidence

The officers had to visit Shalom Centre, one of the homes run by Koinonia, to interview boys and staff members on the molestation allegations, after all the alleged victims retracted their statements.

The detectives are also finding out what went on at all Koinonia Community institutions before the sexual molestation accusations against Father Kizito surfaced.

A senior CID officer who could not be named because he is not authorised to speak to the Press said yesterday that detectives had not found any incriminating evidence against the priest.

Massive solidarity for Italian missionary accused of abuse in Kenya

ROME Catholic News Agency
Rome, Italy, Jun 22, 2009 / 02:12 pm (CNA).-

Various Catholic organizations have expressed their solidarity with Father Kizito Sesana, a Combonian missionary from Italy who has been unjustly accused of sexually abusing children in Kenya, where he has served children and young people for over 20 years.

According to the magazine Mondo e Missione, published by the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions, Father Sesana has been the target of “a defamation campaign begun by the privately owned Kenya Television Network, which has accused the priest of abusing children.”

The Superior General of the Combonians, Father Teresino Serra, issued a statement expressing support for Father Sesana, recalling his “great devotion to the missions. The leadership expresses his closeness to Father Sesana in this time of trial.”


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Framing Father Kizito Renato Sesana: What money can do!

Its emerging that Kenya's most known priest, Renato Kizito Sesana is being framed for sodomy in an effort to squeeze money from him. The noble priest who has been Kenya for more than years and assisted hundreds of homeless children has been fabricated by KTN and some other people who were former trustees in koinonia community which father kizito started. It s alleged that the trustees were expelled from koinonia community for financial mispropriety and decided to fabricate the good priest so that they can have him expelled from kenya nad therefore gain an opportunity to grab the billion worth assets of koinonia community. According to father Kizito, they had already began grabbing the property while he was out of the country.
This is a big shame to KTN who had earlier condemned father kizito without doing initial research on the issue. According to some analysis on www.undani.wordpress.com KTN could be in for a huge libel redress. What money can do!