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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico · 2023

Mexico: pastor sentenced to 59 years for abusing residents of a church-run children's home

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor teaching at a church-affiliated residential home

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The victims were residents of a church-run home — institutionalized children under the religious authority of the man sent to teach them.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority
  • Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2023-01-01 · conviction and sentence

    Nuevo León state court, Mexico. A pastor identified as 'Jacob N.' was sentenced to 59 years for aggravated sexual abuse equivalent to rape of three minors and one adult resident of a church-affiliated group home where he taught classes and led activities, between August and October 2020.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • religious authority over institutionalized minors in a residence he served

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Sentencian a 59 años a pastor por abuso de menores en casa hogar de Monterrey', LatinUS (2023), corroborated by Infobae and Radio Fórmula.

Reports the 59-year sentence and the residential-home setting.

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