Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent José Falcón, Presidente Hayes, Paraguay · 2023

Paraguay: pastor and his wife convicted of abusing a girl from his church

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

church pastor, pastor's wife

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The complainant was a girl of the congregation the defendant pastored; his pastoral position is what gave him and his wife access to her.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2023-09-27 · conviction and sentence

Paraguayan criminal court, Presidente Hayes. A church pastor was sentenced to 18 years and his wife to 14 years for repeated sexual abuse and coercion of a girl from his congregation, beginning when she was 14. In a related conviction the girl's biological father received 24 years for abuse beginning when she was 10.

Primary record

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Pastor y su esposa, involucrados: hombre es condenado por abusar sexualmente de su hija', ABC Color (Paraguay), 27 Sept. 2023.: Paraguayan paper of record reporting the convictions of the pastor, his wife, and the father, with the respective sentences.

Related record