Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Nassau, Bahamas · 2011

Earl Randolph Fraser: conviction for abuse of a child entrusted for counselling

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

senior pastor, religious counsellor to a dependent child

Organization

unnamed church in the Bahamas

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

The cited record identifies pastoral counselling, parental entrustment, religious authority, and dependency as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is senior pastor and religious counsellor to a dependent child.

Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2011-11-29 · trial conviction and sentence

Supreme Court of the Bahamas. Fraser was convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse with a dependent and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
2012-02-21 · post-conviction bail ruling

Court of Appeal of the Bahamas. The court refused bail pending appeal after reviewing the conviction, custodial sentence and evidence.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral counselling
parental entrustment
religious authority
dependency

Cited record

Sources

court appellate ruling Court of Appeal of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Earl Randolph Fraser, bail-pending-appeal ruling (Feb. 21, 2012).: The official appellate ruling records Fraser's conviction and three-year sentence, his senior-pastor role and the evidence that the dependent child had been entrusted to him for counselling.
court reporting appellate report The Nassau Guardian / Bahamas Local, 'Judges explain why they denied Fraser bail' (Feb. 2012).: Contemporaneous court reporting corroborates the conviction, sentence, refusal of bail and pastoral counselling relationship.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.courtofappeal.org.bs/download/049466700.pdf Corpus classification: court; evidentiary role: appellate-ruling. SHA-256 5fdd44201a121b8085e50c3f8c48c381acad1442a1651ce17f33d8be14e7130e
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Source and tier basis: https://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/41211/Judges_explain_why_they_denied_Fraser_bail.html Corpus classification: court-reporting; evidentiary role: appellate-report. SHA-256 d046043cf9397288595788eba7dfac0cb55c0cacc182409fe604d8ac2f132ad4
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