Nuevo León: evangelical pastor sentenced to 59 years for sexually abusing girls at a children's home
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Convicted
Authority role
evangelical pastor and religious instructor at a children's home
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The pastor came to the children's home to teach classes and lead physical activities; that religious-instructor role at the church-linked home was the documented mechanism of access to the children in care.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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Proceedings
2023-05-12 · conviction and sentence
Judiciary of Nuevo León (Fiscalía General de Justicia del Estado), Mexico. A court in Nuevo León convicted an evangelical pastor (identified in Mexican reporting as Jacob 'N') and sentenced him to 59 years for the sexual abuse of three girls and one adult at a children's home (casa hogar) between August and October 2020; the state prosecutor secured the conviction.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral/teaching role providing access to children in care
Cited record
Sources
- national news agency court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Condenado a 59 años de prisión un pastor evangélico por abuso sexual de menores en México', SWI swissinfo.ch (EFE), 12 May 2023.
The EFE wire (via swissinfo) reports the 59-year sentence, the Nuevo León prosecutor's conviction, the victims (three minors and one adult) at the children's home, and that the pastor accessed them by teaching classes and activities there.
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- https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/condenado-a-59-a%C3%B1os-de-prisi%C3%B3n-un-pastor-evang%C3%A9lico-por-abuso-sexual-de-menores-en-m%C3%A9xico/48509958 Corpus classification: national-news-agency-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 8c3f4f437556a3677fd747c9d816b1726fc3ab29976ecc7f3702722348ee2dd3
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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