Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain · 2021

Spain: Salesian religion teacher sentenced to 32 years; fled before imprisonment

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Salesian priest and religion teacher, organizer of camps and pilgrimages

Organization

Colegio Salesianos, Vigo

Spiritual nexus

The victims were students in his religion classes and participants in the religious activities he organised — the office structured every point of access.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Guru or spiritual-teacher authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2021-01-01 · final conviction; defendant a fugitive from sentence

Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra, Spain. Segundo Cousido Vieites, a Salesian priest and religion teacher, was convicted and sentenced to 32 years and 6 months for sexually abusing at least six minors during 2019, exploiting his role as teacher and organiser of Salesian camps and pilgrimages. He fled before beginning his sentence in March 2023 and remains among Spain's most-wanted fugitives.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious-school authority and extracurricular religious activities

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and fugitive report 'El cura de los Salesianos de Vigo condenado a 32 años, entre los más buscados de España', El Español (2023).: Reports the final conviction, the sentence, and the flight before imprisonment.

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