Temitope Balogun, TB Joshua, the late founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), has been accused of torturing and raping several of his followers while he was still alive, three years after his death. Five British people have accused TB Joshua of forcing them to have rapes and abortions at a covert Lagos complex over a 20-year period, according to an investigation conducted over two years by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Also, the late televangelist was accused of faking his “miracle healings,” which were broadcast to millions of people around the world.
One of the alleged victims, a British woman called Rae, was 21 years old when she abandoned her degree at Brighton University in 2002 and was recruited into the church. She spent the next 12 years as one of Joshua’s so-called “disciples” inside his maze-like concrete compound in Lagos.
“We all thought we were in heaven, but we were in hell, and in hell terrible things happen,” she told the BBC.
Rae said she was sexually assaulted by Joshua and subjected to a form of solitary confinement for two years. The abuse was so severe she said she attempted suicide multiple times inside the compound.
TB Joshua was the founder of SCOAN, which is situated in the Ikotun area of Lagos State.
He died a week before his 58th birthday, on June 5, 2021, after conducting a service.
