André Guy Atangana Mbida: life sentence for fatal violence during claimed exorcism
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
pastor, purported exorcist and deliverance practitioner
Organization
No organization assigned
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This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.
The cited record identifies demonic-possession claims, claimed deliverance powers, violent exorcism, and control over a parent seeking spiritual treatment as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is pastor and purported exorcist and deliverance practitioner.
- Spiritual healing or treatment
- Curse or witchcraft threat
- Exorcism or deliverance
- Pastoral or clerical authority
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2021-02-26 · criminal judgment and sentence
High Court of Mfoundi, Cameroon. The court convicted Atangana Mbida of fatal violence against two children and imposed life imprisonment. It acquitted him of separate sexual charges for lack of proof and acquitted the children's mother of complicity.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- demonic-possession claims
- claimed deliverance powers
- violent exorcism
- control over a parent seeking spiritual treatment
Cited record
Sources
- local court reporting judgment report Kalara / Actu Cameroun, 'Épilogue: la fille du maire de Yaoundé acquittée de violence sur enfants' (Mar. 3, 2021).
Detailed judgment reporting records the life sentence, fatal-violence conviction, separate acquittals and evidence that claimed demonic possession and deliverance powers enabled the abuse.
- specialist court reporting judgment corroboration Kalara, 'Plus de trente affaires de viol devant les tribunaux de Yaoundé' (Nov. 8, 2021).
The specialist court newspaper corroborates that Atangana Mbida was the principal accused, that the fatal injuries were attributed to his violence and that the co-defendant was acquitted.
Source provenance
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- Source and tier basis
- https://actucameroun.com/2021/03/03/epilogue-la-fille-du-maire-de-yaounde-acquittee-de-violence-sur-enfants/ Corpus classification: local-court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 c13be9302e3aedf77234771f15b90a60a27cf58f2d5f31f150b1f8a7b8bc793d
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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- Source and tier basis
- https://kalarahebdo.net/plus-de-trente-affaires-de-viol-devant-les-tribunaux-de-yaounde/ Corpus classification: specialist-court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-corroboration.
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed
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