Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Luanda, Angola · 2019

Angola: pastor sentenced to twelve years for drugging and raping a fourteen-year-old congregant

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of the Igreja Pentecostal Efatá, Luanda

Organization

Igreja Pentecostal Efatá, Luanda

Spiritual nexus

CORE: a child of his own congregation, reached through the standing his church gave him.

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Proceedings

2019-01-01 · conviction and sentence

13ª Secção, Tribunal Provincial de Luanda, Angola. João Pedro Maria, 44, pastor of the Igreja Pentecostal Efatá in Luanda, was convicted by the 13th Section of the Luanda Provincial Court of drugging a fourteen-year-old congregant with a spiked soft drink and raping her, and was sentenced to twelve years, stripped of pastoral rights for twelve years, and ordered to pay six million kwanzas in compensation.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Angola24Horas: 'Quando pastores usam o rebanho para violações sexuais'.: Angolan outlet's report of the conviction and sentence.

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