THE Anglican church has suspended for five years the priesthood of a minister found guilty of “sexual immorality” on church premises in March, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane said on Tuesday. Lawrence Zola Mathebula, a priest in Cape Town, was also suspended from occupying any clerical post for three years after he was this month found guilty by an Anglican tribunal of sexual immorality after a female church worker lodged a complaint of rape against him. The tribunal could not establish that sexual intercourse had in fact taken place as claimed by the victim, who did not press criminal charges. Mathebula admitted to heavy petting with the woman but said he stopped when he was brought to his senses by an icon of Jesus on the wall of his office.