Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Caguas, Puerto Rico · 2015

Israel Berríos-Berríos: eleven-year federal sentence after altar-service access

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest, supervisor of a child altar server and sacristan

Organization

Roman Catholic Church in Puerto Rico

Archive classification

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

The cited record identifies priestly authority, altar-service access, international travel with a child, and institutional trust as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is Catholic priest and supervisor of a child altar server and sacristan.

Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2015-06-18 · guilty plea and federal sentence

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Berríos-Berríos received eleven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting a fifteen-year-old from Puerto Rico to Miami for a cruise to the Bahamas with intent to engage in criminal sexual conduct.

Documented coercion mechanisms

priestly authority
altar-service access
international travel with a child
institutional trust

Cited record

Sources

prosecuting authority sentencing report U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Puerto Rico, 'Former Catholic priest sentenced' (June 18, 2015).: The prosecuting authority records Berríos-Berríos's guilty plea, eleven-year sentence, the victim's age and the transport from Puerto Rico to Miami and the Bahamas for criminal sexual conduct.
court reporting sentencing context Primera Hora, 'Sentencia federal de 11 años de cárcel a cura en caso de abuso sexual' (June 18, 2015).: Contemporaneous court reporting corroborates the sentence and documents the priest's relationship with the child through training and service as an altar server and sacristan.

Source provenance

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Source and tier basis: https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/former-catholic-priest-sentenced Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 78b52354f898b81ddade702b56c7eea5a818c0cc64a47084e7a0f0ddda5578ef
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/policia-tribunales/notas/sentencia-federal-de-11-anos-de-carcel-a-cura-en-caso-de-abuso-sexual/ Corpus classification: court-reporting; evidentiary role: sentencing-context. SHA-256 34d9919b29571b46e0a90d73f16a8ef7848e129c1368e406fd5045a3e7b6634d
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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