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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Sása, Slovakia · 2016

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

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic parish priest

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

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

  1. 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.

Appellate history

  1. 2016 · undefined

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Documented coercion mechanisms

  • authority over an altar server serving directly under him

Primary 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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