Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · 2018

Melvin David Quiroz and Ana Rosmery Brito: convictions for demon-deliverance abuse scheme

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-styled pastor and principal offender, accomplice who reinforced the purported pastor's claims

Organization

false evangelical church operated by the defendants

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

The cited record identifies false church, demon-deliverance claims, semen presented as spiritually curative, and reinforcement by an accomplice as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is self-styled pastor and principal offender and accomplice who reinforced the purported pastor's claims.

Exorcism or deliverance
Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2018-02-11 · trial judgments and sentences

First Collegiate Court of the National District, Dominican Republic. The court sentenced Quiroz to fifteen years for sexual abuse and Brito to five years for complicity.

Documented coercion mechanisms

false church
demon-deliverance claims
semen presented as spiritually curative
reinforcement by an accomplice

Cited record

Sources

prosecuting authority sentencing report Procuraduría General de la República Dominicana, 'Ministerio Público obtiene condenas de 15 y 5 años de prisión contra falso pastor y una cómplice acusados de abuso sexual' (Feb. 11, 2018).: The official prosecution report records the separate sentences and explains that Quiroz claimed God had placed power in his semen to extract demons or free women from sin while Brito reinforced those claims.

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Source and tier basis: https://pgr.gob.do/ministerio-publico-obtiene-condenas-de-15-y-5-anos-de-prision-contra-falso-pastor-y-una-complice-acusados-de-abuso-sexual/ Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: sentencing-report. SHA-256 1af6fd6977ea4a80c26fe4f08d1f34127524232613a856f98fca078e3ca8578a
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