Ecuador: parish priest sentenced to over nine years for abusing a ten-year-old girl
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Catholic parish priest
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The child was within the parish over which the defendant held pastoral authority, which is what afforded him access to her.
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2019-10-24 · conviction and sentence
Criminal court, Quito, Ecuador. A parish priest from the Guápulo sector of Quito was sentenced to nine years and four months' imprisonment for the sexual abuse of a ten-year-old girl.
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- pastoral authority within the parish
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- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Sacerdote fue condenado a 9 años y 4 meses de prisión por abuso sexual a niña en Guápulo', El Universo, 24 Oct. 2019.
Ecuador's paper of record reports the conviction and the sentence imposed.
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- https://www.eluniverso.com/noticias/2019/10/24/nota/7573148/cura-violacion-sacerdote-guapulo-sentencia-ecuador-2019/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 0ff714dc456528d4da4747ebee16bbbcfe24c0f0fa1301b0b2e34e44aba65e21
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