Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain · 2021

Spain: Valladolid priest's conviction for grooming and sexually abusing a minor parishioner confirmed on appeal

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Appellate history

2021

TSJ Castilla y León confirmed the Audiencia Provincial de Valladolid's conviction.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias parish, Valladolid

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The victim was a minor parishioner of the priest's own church, whose access to her arose from and was sustained through his pastoral role in her parish.

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Proceedings

2021-05-03 · conviction, confirmed on appeal

Audiencia Provincial de Valladolid (trial), Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León (appeal), Spain. A priest of the Nuestra Señora de las Angustias parish in Valladolid was convicted of cyber-harassment of a minor under sixteen and sexual abuse of a minor under sixteen, after he began sexually explicit WhatsApp conversations in December 2019 with a thirteen-year-old parishioner, continuing until she was sixteen. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and barred from approaching the victim within 500 metres. The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Castilla y León confirmed the sentence on appeal; he served time and was released on parole after three-quarters of the sentence.

Documented coercion mechanisms

parish priest's pastoral relationship with a minor parishioner, exploited via private messaging

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regional newspaper final disposition report El Español (Castilla y León): Confirmada la sentencia que condena a un cura de Valladolid a tres años de cárcel por abuso sexual y ciberacoso a una menor.: Report of the TSJ Castilla y León's confirmation of the sentence, the parish name, and the WhatsApp grooming timeline.
regional newspaper final disposition report El Diario (Castilla y León): La Justicia confirma la pena de tres años de cárcel a un cura de Valladolid por abusar y ciberacosar a una menor.: Corroborating report of the confirmed sentence.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.elespanol.com/castilla-y-leon/sociedad/20210503/confirmada-sentencia-condena-valladolid-carcel-sexual-ciberacoso/578443538_0.html Corpus classification: regional-newspaper; evidentiary role: final-disposition-report. SHA-256 d11de4a32e37abd1af105afdb6c87c49bc9bda128f13ccacb7a5d74991240340
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Source and tier basis: https://www.eldiario.es/castilla-y-leon/justicia-confirma-pena-prision-tres-anos-carcel-cura-valladolid-abusar-ciberacosar-menor_1_7893189.html Corpus classification: regional-newspaper; evidentiary role: final-disposition-report. SHA-256 6fce67061b12f2cba0114a8f74aa5f770bd2e3ca9bdfcce6012e346a810308e0
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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