ZIMBABWE’S former president Canaan Banana has been defrocked by the Methodist church because of his conviction on charges of homosexual assault, the head of the church in Zimbabwe said on Wednesday.Bishop Farai Chirisa said the church decided to strip Banana of the ministry after he was convicted in the High Court earlier this year on several charges of sexual assault and sodomy, while president from 1980-1987. He was sentenced to an effective one year in jail and is currently on bail while awaiting an appeal to the Supreme Court against his conviction and sentence.