Dear Pastor,

I was conned by a man who approached me one day on my way to school and told me he was a reader man. I ignored him until he started to tell me that there was something inside me and if it burst before the end of the month, I would have AIDS. So he took my money and bought some things to anoint me. And he took me behind the bushes and had sex with me. That was the worst mistake I have made in my life because I could have got myself killed. But I was young and didn't understand life. So many things could have happened to me.

Conned

Dear Conned,

I am sorry you did not say how old you were when the man conned you. I am wondering if you were in your early teens. You should have known how a person could contract AIDS. You knew that AIDS was a dreadful disease, so when this man told you that something would burst in you and you would get AIDS if you didn't do what he said to you, you shouldn't have believed him. And you should not have given him the money.

locked up

That is why I am curious to know how old you were at the time. If you had concerns about what he said, you should have discussed the matter with your guidance counsellor and also reported to your parents what this man said to you. This beast should have been locked up, tried, and sentenced to prison.

Pastor