Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Silkeborg, Denmark · 2018

Denmark: free-church pastor convicted of abusing eight congregants, deported

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of a free church (frikirke)

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The eight victims were children and young people of the congregation the defendant pastored — his pulpit is what placed them within his reach.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2018-03-06 · conviction and sentence; appeal withdrawn (final)

Retten i Viborg, Denmark. Christian Laursen Raburn, former pastor of a now-closed free church in Silkeborg, was convicted by a unanimous verdict on 6 March 2018 of sexually abusing eight children and young people from his congregation, and sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment with deportation to the United States. He appealed on 13 March 2018 and withdrew the appeal on 13 April 2018, making the sentence final.

Primary record

national public broadcaster verdict and sentencing report 'Dom til sexanklaget frikirkepræst: Tre et halvt års fængsel og udvisning', DR, 6 Mar. 2018.: Denmark's public broadcaster reporting the unanimous verdict, the sentence, and the deportation order.

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