Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent San Salvador, El Salvador · 2020

José Eligio Esquina Pérez: twenty-year sentence after a prophetic healing pretext

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor, self-described prophet

Organization

unnamed evangelical Protestant church on the road to Huizúcar

Archive classification

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The cited record identifies claimed divine revelation, false spiritual diagnosis, prayer and healing pretext, family religious trust, and ritual isolation as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is evangelical pastor and self-described prophet.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Prophecy or divine command
Pastoral or clerical authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2020-02-20 · trial judgment and sentence

Fourth Trial Court of San Salvador, El Salvador. The court convicted Esquina Pérez of aggravated rape of an adolescent and imposed twenty years in prison plus civil compensation.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed divine revelation
false spiritual diagnosis
prayer and healing pretext
family religious trust
ritual isolation

Cited record

Sources

prosecuting authority judgment report Fiscalía General de la República de El Salvador, 'Pena de 20 años de cárcel a pastor por violación en San Salvador' (Feb. 20, 2020).: The official prosecution report records the conviction and sentence and describes how Esquina Pérez claimed divine revelation that the child was ill, arrived under a prayer pretext and left the family praying while he isolated and assaulted her.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.fiscalia.gob.sv/pena-de-20-anos-de-carcel-a-pastor-por-violacion-en-san-salvador/ Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 6702122299c3dec89e71d100b17eb18b438cec24da1684a724efb1440a1efd3b
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