The family of the late Archbishop Samson Mwangi Gaitho, once a towering figure in the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA), has broken their silence.

They revealed the painful truth behind the respected clergyman’s personal life that was marred by betrayal, manipulation, and loss.

His eighth-born son told that their once peaceful home turned into a battleground when their father secretly married his secretary.

The development threw their mother into turmoil and ultimately into police custody on what they claim were false accusations orchestrated to pave the way for the new woman.

“That is when our mother told us that her marriage to our father was in shambles and she was worried his secretary would take over her space,” the son said.

The family alleges that Gaitho, revered in public as a spiritual leader of high regard, subjected his first wife to mental anguish and humiliation.

He even denied her the national chairlady position traditionally accorded to the wife of the Archbishop.

Instead, it was his new wife, the former secretary, who was given the position, essentially relegating his wife.

What followed was a dark period for the children. After years of emotional strain and public disgrace, their mother passed away.

In 2011, Gaitho himself died after a protracted battle with prostate cancer, marking a new phase of trouble.

Despite leaving behind a will, the stepmother, now widowed, allegedly sold off family properties without involving Gaitho's children.

Heartbroken, the son lamented how the clergyman’s personal decisions devastated their family unit and erased years of unity and security.

“We respected him as a man of God, but what happened at home was very different from the pulpit sermons,” he said.

While Archbishop Gaitho remains a respected figure in the church's history, his children say their lives carry scars from the choices he made behind closed doors.

With their father gone, his story is a sombre reminder that even revered public figures have private lives with consequences that ripple long after they’re gone.

In another incident of a clergyman gone rogue, Vivian Apondi Ochieng almost fell into depression after marrying an SDA pastor.

She told that the man of God not only tarnished her name but also accused her of dating other men.

However, Apondi later found out her husband was protecting himself after finding him cheating on her with another woman in the church compound.

Source: TUKO.co.ke