Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina · 2009

Argentina: Julio Grassi's conviction for abusing a boy of his children's foundation — final at every level

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Appellate history

2017-03-21

All defence recourses rejected — firme.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

priest and founder of the Fundación Felices los Niños

Organization

Fundación Felices los Niños

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A resident child of the priest's own charitable foundation — the court's aggravation clause states the nexus in the judgment's own words.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2009-06-10 · conviction; final after CSJN rejection

Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal 1 de Morón; Casación; SCBA; CSJN. Julio César Grassi, founder of the Fundación Felices los Niños, was convicted in 2009 of aggravated sexual abuse and aggravated corruption of a minor resident of his foundation — the judgment itself aggravating the crime because he was a priest charged with the victim's education and care. Every level confirmed it: Casación, the Buenos Aires Supreme Court, and on 21 March 2017 the national Supreme Court rejected his final recourses, with a further rejection in March 2020. He has been imprisoned since 2013.

Documented coercion mechanisms

custodial authority over resident children of his foundation
celebrity-priest standing that deflected scrutiny

Cited record

Sources

official court release final appellate disposition Centro de Información Judicial (CIJ): CSJN confirms the 15-year sentence against Julio César Grassi.: The judiciary's own information service on the finality.
national newspaper court reporting final appellate disposition 'La Corte Suprema dejó firme otra condena contra el padre Grassi', Infobae, 5 Mar. 2020.: National coverage of the further CSJN rejection.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.cij.gov.ar/nota-25293-La-Corte-Suprema-de-Justicia-de-la-Naci-n-confirm--la-condena-de-15-a-os-de-prisi-n-contra-Julio-C-sar-Grassi.html Corpus classification: official-court-release; evidentiary role: final-appellate-disposition. SHA-256 493eb1479434912a8de5eaab467ff4b8041e9cedad42e9c0bf4b451044cf608c
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Source and tier basis: https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2020/03/05/la-corte-suprema-dejo-firme-otra-condena-contra-el-padre-grassi/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: final-appellate-disposition. SHA-256 832f317fea04f8024dbebb7ae5bc96fc2c07e83921ebf0d021fe0aed9d6bbd7a
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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