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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Willemstad, Curaçao · 2020

Orlando B. (O.I.B.): fourteen-year sentence upheld for abuse of seven community members

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Record class

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

founder and spiritual leader of a messianic religious community

Organization

Rains of the Blessings for All Nations Messianic Community Curaçao

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

The cited record identifies spiritual-leader authority, demon-possession threats, religious-community control, and grooming of children and young adults as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is founder and spiritual leader of a messianic religious community.

  • Exorcism or deliverance
  • Prophecy or divine command
  • Guru or spiritual-teacher authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2018-10-04 · appeal judgment and sentence

    Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. The appellate court imposed fourteen years in prison and a nineteen-year professional ban for sexual abuse of seven young female community members.

  2. 2020-02-11 · cassation judgment

    Supreme Court of the Netherlands. The Supreme Court rejected the cassation appeal, leaving the conviction and sentence final.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • spiritual-leader authority
  • demon-possession threats
  • religious-community control
  • grooming of children and young adults

Cited record

Sources

court appellate disposition Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 'Veroordeling leidsman geloofsgemeenschap Curaçao blijft in stand' (Feb. 11, 2020), ECLI:NL:HR:2020:239.

The official court summary records the final rejection of cassation, fourteen-year sentence, nineteen-year professional ban, seven victims and the defendant's role as founder and spiritual leader of the religious community.

high quality reporting appellate context NOS, 'Pastor Curaçao krijgt hogere straf voor ontucht en verkrachting' (Oct. 4, 2018).

Contemporaneous appellate reporting records the sentence increase and evidence that the leader invoked demon possession to keep victims silent.

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https://www.hogeraad.nl/actueel/nieuwsoverzicht/2020/februari/veroordeling-leidsman-geloofsgemeenschap-curacao/ Corpus classification: court; evidentiary role: appellate-disposition. SHA-256 0566ecbad019aa4483386464cb984059d06aa1ee8540d3906f13fbcaba4fbe03
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https://nos.nl/artikel/2255397-pastor-curacao-krijgt-hogere-straf-voor-ontucht-en-verkrachting Corpus classification: high-quality-reporting; evidentiary role: appellate-context. SHA-256 f6d070a5b1ee8e1a9f7ecbed515d74393a0dcd03bd4615e6849bbff451c567a7
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