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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Talsi, Latvia · 2023

Latvia: Baptist minister and Sunday-school director convicted of abusing children in his care

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Baptist minister and Sunday-school director

Organization

Baptist church, Talsi

Spiritual nexus

The minister held both pastoral authority and direct instructional authority over children through his dual role as minister and Sunday-school director, combining clerical and institutional access.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority
  • Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2023-01-01 · conviction

    Latvian court. A Baptist minister who also directed his congregation's Sunday school was convicted of sexually abusing children in his care.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • pastoral and Sunday-school instructional authority over children

Primary record

Sources

institutional reporting reference Cross-referenced summary entry, 'Latvia: Baptist minister and Sunday-school director convicted', 2023.

Brief record of the Talsi Baptist minister's conviction; a fuller Latvian-language primary source should be sought to expand this record.

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