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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent La Paz, Bolivia · 2021

Bolivia: evangelical pastor sentenced to 17 years for raping girls in his congregation

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The complainants were girls within the congregation the defendant pastored; the reporting records that he used that pastoral position to commit the abuse.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2021-10-05 · conviction and sentence

    Criminal court, Bolivia. Evangelical pastor Bernabé Aramayo was sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment for raping and abusing girls, using his position as pastor of an evangelical church to commit the offences.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • pastoral position over girls in the congregation

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Pastor evangélico pederasta es condenado a 17 años de cárcel', Opinión (Bolivia), 5 Oct. 2021.

Bolivian national newspaper reporting the 17-year sentence and the pastoral position used to commit the offences.

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