Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Guatemala City, Guatemala · 2020

Guatemala: pastor convicted of producing child sexual-abuse material of a girl who came to him for help

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of the 'Evangelio Completo' church, zona 18

Organization

Iglesia Evangelio Completo, Santa Elena II, zona 18

Spiritual nexus

A girl who came to a pastor for help, because he was a pastor.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2020-10-01 · conviction and sentence

Guatemalan tribunal (Fiscalía contra la Trata de Personas prosecution). Edgar Giovanni Ola Fernández, pastor of an 'Evangelio Completo' church in Guatemala City's zona 18, was sentenced on 1 October 2020 to seven non-commutable years plus a Q50,000 fine for producing child sexual-abuse material of a fifteen-year-old girl in poverty who had come to him for psychological and educational help.

religious-leader standing over a fifteen-year-old in poverty who sought his help

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Publinews: conviction of the zona 18 pastor.: National court reporting.
official prosecutor release sentencing release Ministerio Público release (indexed; intermittently unreachable).: The prosecuting authority's release.
official prosecutor release sentencing release Ministerio Público de Guatemala release, archived 22 Mar. 2023.: The prosecuting authority's own release, recovered from the Wayback Machine after the live server became unreachable.

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