Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Tømmerup, Kalundborg, Denmark · 2018

Denmark: parish priest's ten-year sentence for decade-long abuse of eight parish youths upheld

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Appellate history

2018-08-28

Sentence and professional ban upheld; final.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

parish priest of the Church of Denmark

Organization

Church of Denmark (Folkekirken)

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The court's own finding: he exploited the psychological authority of the priesthood and the trust relationships it created with the parish youths in his care.

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Proceedings

2018-08-28 · conviction; upheld on appeal (final)

Danish district court; Østre Landsret (Eastern High Court). Dan Peschack, former parish priest of Tømmerup, was convicted on 25 of 30 counts of repeated, severe sexual abuse of seven boys and one girl aged 12–16 over a ten-year period at the rectory, including intercourse and filming. The district court imposed ten years in November 2017; Østre Landsret upheld the sentence and a ban on serving as a priest in August 2018. The court found he exploited his psychological authority as priest.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral trust-building with parish youths
abuse at the rectory over a decade

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national newspaper court reporting final appellate disposition 'Landsretten fastholder dom: Tidligere præst i Tømmerup får 10 års fængsel for overgreb', Kristeligt Dagblad, Aug. 2018.: Reports the appellate confirmation of the ten-year sentence and the court's finding on exploited pastoral authority.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kirke-tro/landsretten-fastholder-dom-tidligere-praest-i-toemmerup-faar-10-aars-faengsel-overgreb Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: final-appellate-disposition. SHA-256 c57b566dca84c37fdb73766076b9245e40975f75191f0d6c12dbd03cbd9307ce
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