Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Marion County, Oregon, USA · 2022

Oregon: home-church pastor's convictions for abusing a congregant he counseled, plus a family victim, affirmed

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Appellate history

Oregon Court of Appeals affirmed all 12 counts of conviction on April 23, 2025.

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Convicted

Authority role

pastor of a church he ran out of his home

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Putnam was the pastor of a church he ran from his home; one of the two victims was counseled by him specifically through that pastoral role, not as a family member, and the abuse occurred in the context of that counseling relationship.

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Proceedings

Date in cited record · jury verdict

Marion County Circuit Court, Oregon. A jury convicted Bradley Putnam on 12 counts of sexual offenses against two victims: one victim was counseled by Putnam through his home-based church, and the other was his own daughter.
2025-04-23 · direct appeal

Court of Appeals of Oregon. Affirmed. The court rejected challenges to prosecutorial statements at closing and the denial of a continuance.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral counseling relationship with a congregant
position as pastor of a home-based church

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official court judgment appellate judgment State v. Putnam, 340 Or App 61 (Or. Ct. App. Apr. 23, 2025).: Appellate opinion affirming Putnam's convictions on 12 counts of sexual offenses against two victims, one of whom was counseled by Putnam through the church he ran from his home.

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Source and tier basis: https://storage.courtlistener.com/pdf/2025/04/23/state_v._putnam_1.pdf Corpus classification: official-court-judgment; evidentiary role: appellate-judgment. SHA-256 42431e7cc864efe61bd0d3ddcbe0e28dd7281b17a2676e8aa7e215412bd35963
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