Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Sása, Slovakia · 2016

Slovakia: first priest to receive an unconditional sentence for abusing an altar server

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Appellate history

2016

Sentence upheld on appeal.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic parish priest

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No organization assigned

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The victim was an altar server assisting the defendant directly in liturgical duties — a child serving under the priest's supervision, which is the relationship the abuse exploited.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2016-01-01 · conviction and sentence; upheld on appeal

Slovak district court; Regional Court in Banská Bystrica. Former parish priest Ladislav Jurčík was convicted of sexually abusing an altar server (miništrant) from the age of 12, between 2002 and 2005, and sentenced to three years and four months. The Regional Court in Banská Bystrica upheld the sentence on appeal. He was reported as the first Slovak priest to receive an unconditional custodial sentence for such abuse.

Documented coercion mechanisms

authority over an altar server serving directly under him

Cited record

Sources

reliable contemporaneous court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Farár, ktorý zneužíval 12-ročného miništranta... dostal trest 3 roky a 4 mesiace', Žilinak.sk (2016).: Slovak regional outlet reporting the conviction, the sentence, and the altar-server relationship.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.zilinak.sk/clanky/23604/farar-ktory-zneuzival-12-rocneho-ministranta-posobil-aj-v-sucanoch-dostal-trest-3-rokya4mesiace Corpus classification: reliable-contemporaneous-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 56b17084e0695d33e1503417a24290af89252dedf50dbda144d6e19e535f059e
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