Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Bayeux, Paraíba, Brazil · 2023

Brazil: Assembly of God pastor convicted of raping three children using his religious standing to win family trust

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Convicted

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Spiritual nexus

Police investigators explicitly identified the defendant's pastoral position as the mechanism he used to gain the victims' families' trust and access to the children.

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Proceedings

2023-01-01 · Conviction and sentencing (arrest on conviction 2023)

Bayeux, Paraíba, Brazil. Convicted of statutory rape (three counts); 12 years' imprisonment

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CNN Brasil (2023) 'Pastor evangélico é preso após condenação por estupro contra menores na Paraíba'. Available at: cnnbrasil.com.br (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Jefferson Batista de Amorim, 43, pastor of an Assembly of God congregation in Bayeux (João Pessoa metro area), was convicted to 12 years' imprisonment for statutory rape of three minors; police said he used his religious position to win the families' trust. He had fled after an earlier 2016 arrest and was recaptured two years later; he died in custody days after being taken to Silvio Porto prison.: CNN Brasil (2023) 'Pastor evangélico é preso após condenação por estupro contra menores na Paraíba'. Available at: cnnbrasil.com.br (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Jefferson Batista de Amorim, 43, pastor of an Assembly of God congregation in Bayeux (João Pessoa metro area), was convicted to 12 years' imprisonment for statutory rape of three minors; police said he used his religious position to win the families' trust. He had fled after an earlier 2016 arrest and was recaptured two years later; he died in custody days after being taken to Silvio Porto prison.

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