Brazil: priest's sentence raised to twenty-six years for abuse during pre-communion confession
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Appellate history
2014
Sentence increased from 20 years to 26 years 2 months; prosecution appeal partially granted.
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
Catholic priest serving multiple parishes in southern Santa Catarina
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The confessional itself was the site — children sent to prepare for their first communion, alone with the priest by the sacrament's own design.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
- Ritual, oath, or initiation
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Proceedings
2014-01-01 · conviction; sentence increased on appeal
Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina, 4ª Câmara Criminal. A priest who served several parishes in southern Santa Catarina was convicted of abusing children, preferentially boys, during the confession sessions that prepared them for first communion. His twenty-year sentence was increased on appeal in 2014 to twenty-six years and two months in closed regime after the prosecution's appeal was partially granted, adding a third count.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- abuse committed during confession sessions preparing children for first communion
- movement across parishes and cities
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- official court release appellate outcome release Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina: appellate release.
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- https://www.tjsc.jus.br/web/imprensa/-/padre-e-condenado-a-26-anos-por-conhecido-caso-de-abuso-sexual-no-sul-do-estado Corpus classification: official-court-release; evidentiary role: appellate-outcome-release. SHA-256 d89ce613fc3dd6feeb5ce2f959629b80b8554250d806f3ec2c5d06a78f6d9dc8
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