Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Liborina, Antioquia, Colombia · 2015

Colombia: Antioquia parish priest convicted of abusing two children under cover of confession, thirteen years

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

parish priest, El Carmen de la Venta, Liborina, Antioquia

Organization

Parroquia El Carmen de la Venta, Liborina, Antioquia

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A parish priest used the sacrament of confession itself as the pretext to isolate child victims and used spiritual and personal intimidation to prevent disclosure.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation

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Juzgado Promiscuo del Circuito de Sopetrán, Antioquia. Gilberto Cardona Gómez, parish priest of El Carmen de la Venta in Liborina, Antioquia, was convicted of aggravated abusive sexual acts, homogeneous and successive, against two children aged 8 and 13, and sentenced to 13 years in prison. The court found he repeatedly summoned the children to his room under the pretext of confession beginning in 2012, and intimidated them into silence. He was suspended by the Church in 2012 and laicized in 2017.

Documented coercion mechanisms

confession used as pretext to summon victims alone
threats to keep children from telling their parents

Cited record

Sources

national broadcast report sentencing report 'Sacerdote de Liborina pasará 14 años en la cárcel por abusar de dos menores', Noticias Caracol.: National broadcaster report on the sentence and the confession pretext.
regional newspaper court reporting sentencing report 'Condenan a sacerdote por abuso sexual de dos menores en Liborina', El Colombiano.: Antioquia regional-paper coverage confirming the 13-year sentence, laicization date, and diocesan suspension.

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Source and tier basis: https://noticias.caracoltv.com/antioquia/sacerdote-de-liborina-pasara-14-anos-en-la-carcel-por-abusar-de-dos-menores Corpus classification: national-broadcast-report; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 35fd75d83c268e323fe5df7e85f46ea9b2c8594fdf765521d54a1e0ad67844f3
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Source and tier basis: https://www.elcolombiano.com/antioquia/condenan-a-sacerdote-por-abuso-sexual-de-dos-menores-en-liborina-CJ1597532 Corpus classification: regional-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 d6f608de409b9325d387801b42a53af589943c1d92263a4bdf71f8842b397458
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