Serbia: village priest's conviction for abusing a choir girl upheld on appeal
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Appellate history
2016
Upheld; final.
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
Serbian Orthodox village priest
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The girl was a member of the priest's own choir, under his direct supervision, and the church errands he paid her for are what created the isolation.
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Proceedings
2016-01-01 · conviction; upheld on appeal (final)
Viši sud Smederevo; Apelacioni sud (appellate court), Serbia. Milovan Đokić, priest of the church in Pločica village near Kovin, was convicted of statutory rape of a child and an attempted repeat offence against a 13-year-old girl who had sung in his church choir since 2012, whom he drew in with paid chores around the church. The five-year sentence was upheld by the appellate court, making it final (pravosnažno).
Documented coercion mechanisms
- supervision of the church choir the girl sang in from 2012
- paid chores 'helping around the church' used to isolate her
Cited record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting final appellate disposition 'Kovin: Pet godina zatvora za sveštenika', 021.rs (2016).
Serbian regional outlet reporting the conviction and appellate confirmation.
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- https://www.021.rs/story/Info/Vojvodina/138912/Kovin-Pet-godina-zatvora-za-svestenika-pedofila.html Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: final-appellate-disposition. SHA-256 00bd578b09299bdb908bc017676442b7c8462872d41ce7d69831df7e3e908611
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