Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Abuja, FCT, Nigeria · 2020

Nigeria: apostle's conviction for raping a 14-year-old congregant affirmed by the Court of Appeal

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

apostle and founder of a ministry

Organization

Mountain Mover Ministry International

Spiritual nexus

The victim was a minor congregant of the ministry the defendant founded and led as apostle — the office supplied both access and the concealment machinery.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Prophecy or divine command

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2020-09-16 · conviction; unanimously affirmed on appeal

FCT High Court (2019); Court of Appeal, Abuja. Apostle Basil Princewill, founder of Mountain Mover Ministry International, was convicted in 2019 of repeatedly raping a 14-year-old congregant from 2011 and procuring an illegal abortion for her. The Court of Appeal in Abuja unanimously affirmed the conviction on 16 September 2020.

Appellate history

2020-09-16 · undefined

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Documented coercion mechanisms

ministry authority over a minor congregant
procured illegal abortion to conceal the offences

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting appellate disposition 'Appeal court affirms conviction of pastor who raped teenage member', Punch (Nigeria), 16 Sept. 2020.: Reports the unanimous appellate affirmance of the conviction.

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