Pastor Charged with Attempted Sodomy on 18-Year-Old in Kakata

Published: November 11, 2026

KAKATA, Margibi County – A pastor has been charged with trying to force an 18-year-old man into sex in Kakata, a charge he denies, saying the young man’s friends beat him, stripped him and robbed him instead.

Jonathan K. Farkollie, 26, of Mount Barclay, was charged with criminal attempt to commit sodomy after an investigation by the Women and Children Protection Section of the Liberia National Police, according to a police charge sheet dated Nov. 11, 2026.

Two of the complainant’s friends, both 18, told police they entered the room at his home in Bassa Community on Nov. 1 and found Farkollie naked on the bed.

The complainant told police he had known Farkollie for more than three years through Facebook and that their contact resumed in 2025, after Farkollie returned from Ghana. He said Farkollie later asked him to be his sports manager and gave him L$1,000 for transportation for football activities ahead of the National County Sports Meet.

According to the charge sheet, Farkollie went to the complainant’s home on Oct. 30 and proposed that they have sex. The complainant said he did not accept the proposal because his younger brother was present.

The complainant said Farkollie returned on Nov. 1 and repeated the proposal. He said he recorded their conversation on his cellphone and called two friends for help. He said Farkollie had taken off his clothes and tried to force himself on him by the time the friends came in.

Farkollie denied the allegations during police questioning. In his statement to investigators, he said he knew the complainant and went to his home on Nov. 1 to give him money for cellphone repairs.

He said that while he was there, the complainant’s friends entered, beat him, took off his clothes and stole his money, then forced him outside naked. He told police he was the victim of assault and theft and denied trying to have sex with the complainant.

Police charged Farkollie under Chapter 10, Section 10.2 of the New Penal Code. The charge sheet lists Inspector Edmond Bayeh as the arresting officer and says Farkollie was arrested on Nov. 1 at about 8 p.m.

The Kakata Magisterial Court issued a writ of arrest directing him to answer the charge.

The allegations have not been proven in court.