Daniel Akuffo: fifteen-year sentence for abuse under an exorcism pretext
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
pastor, purported exorcist
Organization
No organization assigned
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The cited record identifies witchcraft accusation, deliverance and prayer pretext, threat of expulsion from housing, and spiritual authority over a child as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is pastor and purported exorcist.
- Curse or witchcraft threat
- Exorcism or deliverance
- Pastoral or clerical authority
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2021-09-30 · criminal judgment and sentence
Accra Circuit Court, Ghana. The court found Akuffo guilty of defilement and sentenced him to fifteen years in prison.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- witchcraft accusation
- deliverance and prayer pretext
- threat of expulsion from housing
- spiritual authority over a child
Cited record
Sources
- national news agency court reporting judgment report Ghana News Agency, 'Pastor and exorcist jailed 15 years for defiling a witch' (Sept. 30, 2021).
The national news agency's court report records the conviction, sentence, witchcraft accusation, prayer setting and claim that sexual contact was required for deliverance.
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- Source and tier basis
- https://gna.org.gh/2021/09/pastor-and-exorcist-jailed-15-years-for-defiling-a-witch/ Corpus classification: national-news-agency-court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 59744d27ccb977209408ee95cc1a5362976ac5675404954fc8f31152675efb5e
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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