Shukri said: “When Archbishop Tutu made his statement about Oxfam‚ saying that he is ‘deeply disappointed’ about the sex scandal‚ I was reminded of all the times I had been sexually abused by Anglican priests.”
Shukri said he was “repeatedly and routinely” sexually abused by priests at St Cyprian’s Cathedral in Kimberley‚ where his maternal family worshipped.
A few weeks later‚ a man who wanted to remain anonymous said he was abused by two priests in Cape Town when he was a boy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
“The priest and another one in the parish started taking an interest in me‚ but at the time I didn’t know why nor could I understand what the interest was all about. Then the abuse started with touching and led to sexual activity‚” he said.
“The other priest stopped pursuing me. But one continued. He would come to our home‚ telling my parents he was taking me to church events. This continued for about four years. And suddenly he was moved about 150km from Cape Town.
“But this didn’t stop him coming to our house under the pretext of wanting me to help him with something or taking me to a church event. At first‚ he would take me to the house where he lived on the church grounds‚ where he would sexually abuse me.”
Makgoba confirmed that the man had approached him through the Dean of Cape Town‚ Michael Weeder.