Most Rev. Prof. Johnson Asamoah-Gyadu, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church in Ghana, has said no human being, regardless of their mistakes or failures, deserves to be described as ‘cheap’
According to the Methodist Bishop, his heart sank when a media commentary described the women recently caught up in sexual exploitation involving a Russian tourist as cheap.
The man of God called for compassion and pastoral care for women, expressing concern over the public shaming of the women.
He detailed that from a purely pastoral viewpoint, he sees the women as victims of the Russian man’s “beastly and vain sexual pursuits.”
The Methodist Bishop further recounted the biblical examples, where he referenced the stories of Mary Magdalene, the woman caught in adultery, and the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well as models of compassion and restoration.
In a post shared on his official Facebook page on Monday, February 16, the Presiding Bishop stated, “In the last few days, some women have been in the news for the wrong reasons. The women need our pastoral support, not condemnation”.
“My heart sank when in one media commentary, the ladies were described as ‘cheap,” he stated. “No human being, regardless of their mistakes and failures in life, deserves to be described as ‘cheap’.” he added.
He further told media practitioners and preachers that the “women need our pastoral support, not condemnation”.
“If you are reading this and it is your story, I offer you God’s redemptive grace in your time of distress. None of you is beyond God’s forgiveness and redeeming power,” he wrote, while cautioning against suicidal thoughts and self-harm.
Quoting Galatians 6:1-2, he encouraged believers to restore those who have fallen “in a spirit of gentleness” and to bear one another’s burdens in fulfilment of the law of Christ.
Meanwhile, Larry Madowo, a Kenyan journalist and CNN International correspondent, has detailed how the Russian man identified as Yaytselav exploited so many Ghanaian and Kenyan women.
According to Larry Madowo, he has been speaking to the Russian man victims, who were all filmed without consent, and detailed that some of the footage dates back to March 2025, while other videos were recorded as recently as September 2025.
The CNN International correspondent revealed that Yaytselav had limited English proficiency and communicated through Google Translate.
Larry Madowo further alleged that once the women arrived at his hotel room, he allegedly pressured them almost immediately.
Speaking in a video shared on his X page on Monday, February 16, 2026, Larry Madowo explained, “I know this because I’ve been speaking to some of the victims, the women in those videos.
I’ve also spoken to a few women who turned him down to understand his tactics. He appears not to really know a lot of English that you see in the videos,” Madowo stated.
He added, “A lot of the conversation happened using Google Translate, and he appeared to be targeting vulnerable women”.
“The Kenyan women feel violated, and they feel that their government has abandoned them in this instance, compared to what the Ghanaian government has done,” he added.
” Trying to get him extradited back to the country to face charges, even though that’s unlikely. Russia does not extradite its citizens, but the government in Ghana says they will try him in absentia anyway”, he added.