Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Philippines · 2008

Philippines: pastor's rape conviction affirmed by the Supreme Court — assault in the pastoral house

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of the Wenceslao Christian Fellowship

Organization

Wenceslao Christian Fellowship

Spiritual nexus

A congregant child inside the pastor's own residence — the pastoral house itself the scene.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2008-01-01 · conviction affirmed at every level — final

Regional Trial Court Br. 96 (2008); Court of Appeals (2011); Supreme Court of the Philippines (G.R. No. 201147, 21 Sep. 2022). Freddie Sernadilla, pastor of the Wenceslao Christian Fellowship, raped a fourteen-year-old member of his church inside the pastoral house in October 2004. Convicted by the trial court in 2008 and affirmed by the Court of Appeals in 2011, the Supreme Court affirmed the rape conviction on 21 September 2022 — reclusion perpetua plus ₱225,000 in damages — while acquitting on two related child-protection counts.

Primary record

official court judgment final appellate judgment People v. Sernadilla, G.R. No. 201147 (Supreme Court of the Philippines, 21 Sep. 2022).: The Supreme Court's decision affirming the conviction.

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