A church rocked by the conviction of its preacher for sex assaults has been cleared of financial irregularities.

The controversial Agape For All Nations Ministries International has announced that an independent review has uncovered no wrongdoing after whistleblowing complaints.

The church's preacher Walter Masocha was this summer convicted of assaulting members of his congregation.

But he was also accused pressurising worshippers to make donations and misspending cash raised.

The church has now announced the the Office of the Scottish Charities Regulator (OSCR) investigated these claims and found a clean bill of financial health.

A spokesman for the trustees who oversee the operations of Agape said: “Some very serious but malicious and baseless allegations were made about the church and the use of funds for charitable works.

“We were delighted to assist the OSCR investigation team and cooperated fully as they carried out a very detailed inquiry into all aspects of the finances.

“We have now received written confirmation which states that the financial processes and procedures are ‘comprehensive’ and that they have no recommendations to make on our financial matters.”

The OSCR inquiry was initiated after the regulator received complaints of “financial impropriety”, including a claim that Masocha, who no longer works for Agape, used church funds to buy his current home.

Calls for an inquiry were backed by Labour then justice spokesman Hugh Henry.

The Agape spokesman said: “We earnestly hope that the OSCR report will satisfy Mr Henry and demonstrate that the church has been the victim of vindictive, false and damaging claims which have no basis in fact. All funds are scrupulously managed and the accounts are subjected to an annual independent audit and are then submitted for scrutiny to OSCR. There have been no concerns over financial malpractice raised by either the auditors or OSCR in the past.”

In a statement, the church said Dr Agape and his wife Judith, who remains an employee, live in a converted water treatment building in Sauchieburn, Stirlingshire. The church said the couple had bought their home with their own money in 2009 and were still paying a mortgage.

Nobody from OSCR was available for comment. However, Agape said its trustees had met with OSCR officials.

Following background inquiries, officials from OSCR met with the church trustees for talks about the allegations.

The church said OSCR had scrutinised books and records, examined governance arrangements and discussed how the organisation could be best supported. OSCR then wrote to the church, saying:

“We undertook a review of the charity’s financial processes and procedures and found these to be comprehensive.”

The Agape spokesman added: “Baseless insinuations were made that there had been impropriety in the use of church funds for personal gain and to purchase private property.

"Those who try to sully our name must examine their consciences. We operate in a clear, transparent, honest and Christian way and are delighted OSCR has confirmed our finances are on a sound footing."

Masocha, who was said to call himself the "Prophet", was sentenced to 250 hours of community work and put on the sex offenders' register in June. His crimes included putting his hand down the trousers of a schoolgirl saying he was trying to remove demons. The girl told Falkirk Sheriff Court that she regarded Masocha as her "spiritual father", and like many people in the church called him "Dad".

Accounts filed at OSCR show Agape made £851,000 in the year to March 31, 2014, but spent £883,000. The previous year its income was higher, £912,000 and spending lower, £702,000. Accounts were late in 2012 and 2011, but showed income higher than spending.