THE Christian Mission Fellowship Church pastor who was taken in for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Labasa has been denied bail and remanded in custody.
The 60-year-old man appeared before Magistrate Cama Tuberi this afternoon at the Magistrates Court in Labasa.
Police have charged the accused with one count of sexual assault, one count of abduction and two counts of rape.
The pastor applied for bail on the grounds that he had a family to look after.
But this was denied after Police prosecutors told the Court that the suspect lived in the same area with the victim.
The prosecutors also told the Court that the suspect admitted to everything during the caution interview.
This case has been transferred to the High Court.