Colombia: Anglican missionary convicted of abusing a 9-year-old boy fled to Peru and continued serving as a deacon for 14 years before his sentence lapsed unserved

Proceedings

1. Date in cited record · conviction, sentence never served; later lapsed by prescription

   Juzgado 32 de Conocimiento, Bogotá, Colombia. Garibello was convicted in 2011 of acceso carnal abusivo con menor de catorce años (abusive carnal access with a minor under 14) for abusing a 9-year-old boy from the Los Laches neighborhood, whose mother filed the complaint in 2009, and was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months' imprisonment. The sentencing judge noted the abuse caused the child marked psychological disturbance and specifically cited the breach of trust given Garibello also functioned as a teacher figure to him. Garibello fled to Peru in early 2012 rather than serve the sentence and became a reverend deacon at an Anglican church in Trujillo, where he continued in ministry through 2025. He was listed on an Interpol red notice; Peru approved a Colombian extradition request, but the transfer never took place. In December 2025 a Peruvian judge approved the prescription (lapse by statute of limitations) of the Colombian conviction, meaning Garibello will serve no time despite the standing conviction.

Documented coercion mechanisms

• his standing as a missionary of the boy's family's church and as a teacher figure, per the sentencing judge's own remarks on the position of trust exploited
• flight from Colombian justice into a foreign Anglican ministry post, using his continued clerical status abroad to remain in unsupervised proximity to a new congregation for 14 years