Priest given a Bible-bashing

JOHANNESBURG – Elderly congregation members at a church in South Africa gave their priest the beating of his life after he told them to hand over part of the increase in their pension announced in the recent budget.

Piet Mnisi, the priest at Mvangatini in north-eastern Mpumalanga province, said in his sermon on Sunday that worshippers should give him the R50 increase that was announced by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, claiming it was “a blessing from God”, the Daily Sun reported. The priest had warned that the worshippers’ relatives would die if he did not start receiving the money from next month.Dozens then turned on Mnisi, attacking him with rods and even a Bible, the paper added.After managing to escape from the mob by jumping out of a window, the priest then locked himself in his mud house and has refused to speak to the media.Nampa-AFPThe priest had warned that the worshippers’ relatives would die if he did not start receiving the money from next month.Dozens then turned on Mnisi, attacking him with rods and even a Bible, the paper added.After managing to escape from the mob by jumping out of a window, the priest then locked himself in his mud house and has refused to speak to the media.Nampa-AFP