Denmark: free-church pastor convicted of abusing eight congregants, deported
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Appellate history
2018-04-13
Appeal withdrawn; sentence final.
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
pastor of a free church (frikirke)
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The eight victims were children and young people of the congregation the defendant pastored — his pulpit is what placed them within his reach.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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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2018-03-06 · conviction and sentence; appeal withdrawn (final)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.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral authority over children and young people of his congregation
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- 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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- https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/oestjylland/dom-til-sexanklaget-frikirkepraest-tre-et-halvt-aars-faengsel-og Corpus classification: national-public-broadcaster; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 d54abce275ad09f66cac60cff0b9f15b5b51836dd76c1a5bc44fbbabdf11af37
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