Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Mansa, Luapula, Zambia · 2015

Zambia: pastor jailed 20 years for assaulting a girl brought to him for prayer

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

village church pastor

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The girl was brought to the defendant specifically for prayer after a seizure — she was placed in his hands as a spiritual healer, and that is the relationship the assault exploited.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2015-04-07 · conviction; committed to the High Court for sentence

Magistrate Court, Mansa; High Court, Mansa, Zambia. Julius Kabaso, 40, a pastor at a village church in Kaole Village, Chief Chimese, Mansa District, was convicted of sexually assaulting a girl under 17 on 17 September 2014 after she was brought to him for prayer following an epileptic seizure. Judge Charles Chanda of the Mansa High Court sentenced him to 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour.

Documented coercion mechanisms

girl brought to him specifically for prayer after a seizure
healing authority over a person seeking spiritual help

Primary record

Sources

reliable contemporaneous court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Pastor jailed 20 years for rape', Zambian Eye, 20 May 2015, reporting ZANIS.: Zambian outlet reporting the conviction, the High Court sentence, and the prayer-for-healing circumstance in which the assault occurred.

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