An Eastern Cape pastor, charged with having raped his adoptive daughter, kept videotapes showing the alleged victim naked in a bath, The Herald Online reported on Friday.
His other two daughters told the Port Elizabeth High Court on Thursday they discovered the tapes in the pastor’s study.
They also testified that they found two holes in the ceiling of their bathroom, as well as two video cameras in the ceiling.
They followed the wires to their father’s study, where they came across the videotapes.
One of the daughters said they watched one of the videos, and saw images of their young adoptive sister naked in the bath. They decided to tell their mother about it, but not the sister.
After confronting their 54-year-old father about the videotapes, a meeting of the family decided to ”close the book” on the matter on condition that he went for psychiatric help.
One of the daughters said she was not sure if this happened.
The Summerstand pastor, who is in custody, is charged with the rape, between 2003 and 2005, of his adopted child while she was between the ages of 15 and 17.
He is also accused of indecent assault involving sodomy and the use of sex toys on the teenager, as well as crimen injuria for spying on the teenager and his own daughters in the bath.
The pastor was arrested on May 18 last year after the adopted daughter reported the alleged abuse to her boyfriend, who reported it to the police.
He pleaded not guilty to rape and other charges, but guilty to incest. — Sapa