Planalto Norte spiritual leader: appellate court affirms a ten-year sexual-abuse sentence
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
self-described pai de santo, ritual and spiritual-healing leader
Organization
unnamed ritual space in northern Santa Catarina
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The cited record identifies claimed spirit incorporation, promised relief from spiritual problems, demanded sexual favors attributed to entities, threats of spiritual punishment, and private ritual consultations as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is self-described pai de santo and ritual and spiritual-healing leader.
- Spiritual healing or treatment
- Ritual, oath, or initiation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
Date in cited record · unanimous appellate judgment reported October 2019
Court of Justice of Santa Catarina, Fourth Criminal Chamber, Brazil. The chamber affirmed a sentence of ten years and four months in closed custody for sexual offenses by fraud involving three adolescent victims.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- claimed spirit incorporation
- promised relief from spiritual problems
- demanded sexual favors attributed to entities
- threats of spiritual punishment
- private ritual consultations
Cited record
Sources
- appellate court appellate judgment report Court of Justice of Santa Catarina, 'Líder espiritual tem condenação de 10 anos por abusos sexuais confirmada pelo TJSC' (Oct. 22, 2019).
The official court report records the unanimous appellate affirmance, sentence and three victims. It describes promises to solve spiritual problems, sexual favors falsely attributed to incorporated entities and threats of spiritual punishment used to enforce silence.
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- https://www.tjsc.jus.br/web/imprensa/-/lider-espiritual-tem-condenacao-de-10-anos-por-abusos-sexuais-confirmada-pelo-tjsc Corpus classification: appellate-court; evidentiary role: appellate-judgment-report. SHA-256 0c3fcc38e0381a759cad2a97395aaeb7b3ff91f7c28821c5c19cc963b85d788c
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