Francisco Abigail Zuniga Figueroa: twelve-year sentence for abuse of a child congregant
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
pastor of Iglesia Príncipe de Paz, religious authority over a child congregant
Organization
Iglesia Príncipe de Paz
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The cited record identifies pastoral office, church access to a child, and congregational trust as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is pastor of Iglesia Príncipe de Paz and religious authority over a child congregant.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2022-09-27 · trial judgment and sentence
trial court in Ahuachapán, El Salvador. A judge convicted Zuniga Figueroa of aggravated rape of a sixteen-year-old congregant and imposed twelve years in prison.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral office
- church access to a child
- congregational trust
Cited record
Sources
- prosecuting authority judgment report Fiscalía General de la República de El Salvador, 'Sujeto que pastoreaba iglesia en Ahuachapán es sentenciado a cárcel por violación de menor' (Sept. 27, 2022).
The official prosecution report records the conviction, twelve-year sentence, survivor's age and church membership and states that Zuniga used his pastoral office to approach her.
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- Source and tier basis
- https://www.fiscalia.gob.sv/sujeto-que-pastoreaba-iglesia-en-ahuachapan-es-sentenciado-a-carcel-por-violacion-de-menor/ Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 2bdd13e348ed5dd3685d7bbe1f3e37d713118d75e4a18133375d14ba13a98c7e
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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