My wife goes to mountains to pray, denies me sex for 9yrs

•He has a girlfriend he has built house for —Husband

“I do not understand why she agreed to be ordained as a pastor and pretends to people while our marriage is falling apart,” a Ndola man has cried before the Kabushi Local Court in Ndola, Zambia.

Bright Sinkala took his wife, Pastor Grace Musende to court, seeking divorce, stating that she has neglected their marriage, but instead frequents mountain visits for prayer.

However, in her defense, Pastor Musende told the court that it was Bright who caused their marriage to fall apart because he could not keep his pants zipped and has since found a girlfriend whom he has built a house for.

Bright, during his testimony stated  that he and his wife have not been physically intimate for the past nine-years and yet they live under one roof.

According to Zambia Observer, he told the court that all was well with him and his wife until she started frequenting mountains prayers, leaving house duties unattended to.

Bright told court that at one point,  his wife came home late from the mountains and he locked her outside.

He said that he then left her to sleep on the veranda, but that the next day she organised her relatives to appeal to him.

“I was not interested in the meeting because I’ve  lost affection for her.

“When her relatives came, I overheard her telling them that I was a drunkard who was weak when it came to sex.

“She even told me point blank that I am  not man enough and that hurts me,” he said.

According to Zambia Observer, Bright further told the court that his wife stopped washing and cooking for him and that he had been doing things on his own for many years.

However, Musende told court that she and Bright used to enjoy praying together until he started having an affair with another woman .

“How can I be cooking for a man who does not eat my food?

“He has already moved all his clothes from our room.

“He has not made love to me for the past nine years  because he has found another woman,” she said.

She added that Bright  was not working , but the moment he got a job, he got a girlfriend who he would frequent Nakonde with to do business trips.

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She told the court that she tried to dialogue with her husband for the sake of the children on many occasions, but he had made up his mind to be with the other woman he had found.

“My husband introduced me to the church as he was an influential elder and we served the Lord together, but upon finding another woman, he changed completely.

“He has  been sleeping on the couch for the past three months,” she said.

Passing judgment,  Kabushi Local Court Presiding Senior Magistrate, John Kabwe, sitting with another Senior Magistrate, Emelda Masuwa, granted divorce because reconciliation failed.