Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Buvussi, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea · 2019

Papua New Guinea: Assemblies of God pastor sentenced for abusing a girl in his household care

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Assemblies of God pastor at Buvussi

Organization

Assemblies of God, Buvussi

Spiritual nexus

The girl lived in the pastor's household under his care — pastoral office and dependency compounding, as the charging statute itself recognises.

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Proceedings

2019-02-15 · guilty plea and sentence

National Court of Papua New Guinea, Kimbe (Miviri J) — State v Don [2019] PGNC 23; N7689. Damien Don, 49, Assemblies of God pastor at Buvussi, pleaded guilty to sexual penetration of a thirteen-year-old girl under section 229A(1)(3) — the aggravated form for breach of trust, authority or dependency — and was sentenced on 15 February 2019 to 14 years in hard labour, two suspended. The court's sentencing rationale rested on his position: 'a Pastor in Church, a man of God who has abused that position'.

Primary record

official court judgment sentencing judgment State v Don [2019] PGNC 23; N7689 (National Court, Kimbe, 15 Feb. 2019).: The sentencing judgment.

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