Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Guayaquil, Ecuador · 2018

Ecuador: parish priest convicted of abusing five girls from his congregation

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic parish priest

Organization

José Obrero parish, Guayaquil

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The complainants were girls of the priest's own congregation, over whom he held direct pastoral authority.

Pastoral or clerical authority

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Proceedings

2018-05-18 · conviction

Criminal court, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Parish priest Pedro Vicente García of the José Obrero church in Guayaquil was accused of sexually abusing five girls from his congregation. He fled and was placed on a most-wanted list, was arrested in Quito in August 2017, and was sentenced on 18 May 2018 to 20 years. The victim was a roughly 17-year-old member of the church choir.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral authority over children of the congregation

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict report 'Fuero de corte no cobija el abuso sexual de curas', El Telégrafo (Ecuador), 2018.: Ecuadorian national newspaper covering the prosecution and conviction of the Guayaquil parish priest.
national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Dictan 20 años de prisión para sacerdote, por violación en Guayaquil', El Universo, 18 May 2018.: Confirms the 20-year sentence and the complainant's membership of the church choir.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/judicial/12/fuero-corte-abuso-sexual-curas-sacerdotes Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 9c2a051b391c0d02d74490fe3c6d00f639f3ab3206acc7b5e33e114c762e34a5
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Source and tier basis: https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2018/05/18/nota/6765720/dictan-20-anos-prision-sacerdote-violacion-guayaquil/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 3f86911c81931b9d575c9d5b14e95ba6b7de29bc67f7f12d27fb4356fbd0b7ab
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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