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Suva, FIJI — A church minister in Fiji has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the rape and sexual assault of three women. Pastor Waisake Tulavu was found guilty last week of raping and sexually assaulting three members of his church. The High Court ruled Tulavu had raped two women and...
Health Dept. personnel outside area where Church Minister and his wife are quarantined.
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Police have confirmed that a pastor who defied security guards and forcibly entered the place where his wife was being self-isolated, has been fined $2,000 tala. The Officer in charge of Samoa’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Auapaau Logoitino Filipo told Samoa Global...
Sixteen-year-old So'otaga
Apia, SAMOA — The mother of a deceased 16-year-old boy in Savai'i who is alleged to have been harmed by a Church Minister is pleading with the Police to release her child's body so he can be laid to rest. The deceased who has been identified as So’otaga Viliamu passed away on 29 February 2020.  But...
Tugia Tuliau
Apia, SAMOA — A former Samoa Methodist church minister has been jailed for four years and ten months for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. Togia Tuliau pleaded guilty last year to eight charges of sexual connection and one charge of indecent assault. The victim, a member of Tuliau's church,...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After almost 6 hours of deliberation Wednesday afternoon, a six-member jury delivered its verdict in the trial of a church pastor accused of sexually abusing his 13-year-old biological daughter. The 56-year-old pastor, who has also worked as an engineer at Fletcher...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  “In the name of God, nothing happened between me and my daughter. I did not sexually abuse her nor I did I do anything to harm her.” These were the words from the 56-year-old pastor who is accused of sexually abusing his 13-year-old biological daughter, when he took the...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The jury trial of a man facing multiple sexual abuse charges involving his 13-year-old biological daughter began yesterday in High Court. Samoa News is withholding the name of the man to protect the identity of the victim, who is a minor. According to information...