Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Adventist and Adventist-derived movements Tomar, Santarém, Portugal · 2019

Portugal: former Adventist pastor convicted on 24 counts of child sexual abuse

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Tomar

Organization

Seventh-day Adventist Church of Tomar

Spiritual nexus

The victims were children of the congregation he pastored; the office supplied the standing and access across the years of offending.

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Proceedings

2019-06-19 · conviction and sentence

Santarém court, Portugal. Rolembergue Cruz, pastor of the Adventist Church of Tomar from 2008 to 2014, was convicted on 24 of 131 charged counts of child sexual abuse committed over years, and sentenced to seven years' effective imprisonment with a ten-year prohibition on working with minors.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Ex-pastor adventista condenado a sete anos de prisão por abuso sexual de menor', Correio da Manhã, 19 June 2019.: Reports the 24-count conviction, the sentence, and the prohibition imposed.

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