Brazil: Catholic priest convicted of abusing four former altar boys
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Appellate history
2024
Defence appeals denied; sentence reduced to 10 years 6 months on count scope.
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
Catholic priest at the Basílica de Santo Antônio, Americana, and the Paróquia São Francisco de Assis, Araras
Organization
Basílica de Santo Antônio, Americana
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Altar boys under their parish priest.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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Proceedings
2022-01-01 · conviction; appeals denied, sentence reduced on scope
São Paulo trial court; Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo. Pedro Leandro Ricardo, known as Padre Leandro, was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to twenty-one years for the sexual abuse of four former altar boys between 2003 and 2006. In 2024 the São Paulo high court denied two defence appeals while reducing the sentence to ten years and six months on the scope of the counts.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- priestly authority over altar servers
Cited record
Sources
- national newspaper court reporting appellate outcome report Revista Fórum: TJ-SP denies the priest's appeals, Jul. 2024.
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- https://revistaforum.com.br/brasil/2024/7/15/ex-padre-condenado-por-abuso-sexual-tem-recursos-negados-pelo-tj-sp-162148.html Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: appellate-outcome-report.
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