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

Mexico: pastor convicted twice — 11 then 37 years — for abusing congregants

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The complainants were congregants, some adolescent, whose families' trust ran through his pastoral office.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2023-11-06 · two separate final convictions

    Nuevo León state courts, Mexico. A pastor identified as Jonathan Armando 'N' was convicted in July 2021 (11 years, one victim) and again on 6 November 2023 (37 years, four victims, acts 2015–2020) for sexually abusing female congregants of his church, some of them minors, exploiting his position as their spiritual leader.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • congregants' trust in his position as spiritual leader

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Sentencian a pastor por abuso sexual en Nuevo León', Excélsior (2023).

Reports the 37-year second conviction and the prior 2021 conviction.

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