Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · 2023

Argentina: Trinitarian Sisters nun convicted of sexually abusing five adolescents at a children's home

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Appellate history

Defense announced intent to appeal to the Tribunal de Casación Penal, Buenos Aires Province, as of the trial-court verdict (28 December 2023); no resolution of that appeal was located.

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

nun of the Hermanas Trinitarias (Trinitarian Sisters) with residential custodial authority over girls at the order's children's home

Organization

Hogar de las Hermanas Trinitarias de Boulogne, San Isidro

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The victims were girls placed in the Trinitarian Sisters' residential care and living under Téllez Fajardo's direct religious and custodial authority as the resident nun in charge; when one victim tried to disclose, the home's own response invoked waiting for a 'divine sign' rather than intervention, illustrating how the institution's religious framing itself blocked escape from the abuse.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

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Proceedings

2023-12-28 · conviction and sentence

Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal 1 de San Isidro, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. María Téllez Fajardo (known as Sor Marina), a Colombian-born nun of the Hermanas Trinitarias, was convicted by majority vote of gravely outrageous sexual abuse aggravated by her position of entrusted care, her authority relationship, and the victims' consequent inability to freely consent. The court found systematic, non-isolated abuse of five girls aged 12-17 who cohabited with her at the order's children's home in Boulogne, San Isidro, between 2017 and 2021, exploiting her position of authority. She was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment; the defense announced it would appeal to the Buenos Aires provincial Tribunal de Casación Penal.

Documented coercion mechanisms

cohabitation authority as the resident religious figure in charge of the home
position of trust as caregiver combined with religious office
spiritual deflection of disclosure — a victim who reported the abuse to the home's director was told to 'wait for a divine sign'

Cited record

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national newspaper verdict report 'Condenaron a 10 años de prisión a una monja por abuso sexual contra 5 adolescentes en un hogar de San Isidro', Perfil.: Report on the Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal 1 de San Isidro verdict, sentence, victim ages, abuse period, and the 'divine sign' detail regarding disclosure.
national newspaper verdict report 'Sor Marina, culpable: condenaron a diez años de prisión a una monja por abusar de cinco adolescentes', La Nación, 28 December 2023.: National paper of record confirming the verdict, the specific legal qualification of the offense (abuse of authority relationship, inability to consent), and the defense's stated intent to appeal to Casación.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.perfil.com/noticias/judiciales/condenaron-a-10-anos-de-prision-a-una-monja-por-abuso-sexual-contra-5-adolescentes-en-un-hogar-de-san-isidro.phtml Corpus classification: national-newspaper; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 5a760bdc0a8443db201e8385afaca9fbcdda5b7dbb86d2e63cf2ae99b0f10302
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/sor-marina-culpable-condenaron-a-diez-anos-de-prision-a-una-monja-por-abusar-de-cinco-adolescentes-nid28122023/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 dd8937b680b062ff7a4116298b211431cdcc8e32c4008d5dd9dfb09e10876cae
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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