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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Guatemala City, Guatemala · 2023

Guatemala: pastor sentenced to 18 years for sexually assaulting an eleven-year-old in the church

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The court's finding was explicit: the defendant used the figure of the evangelical pastor to obtain the child's compliance and to isolate her within the church building.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2023-01-01 · conviction and sentence

    Tribunal de Sentencia Penal de Delitos de Femicidio y otras Formas de Violencia contra la Mujer y Violencia Sexual, Guatemala. Evangelical pastor Oswaldo Salomón Solares Ramos was sentenced to 18 years for repeatedly sexually assaulting an eleven-year-old girl between 2019 and 2020. The court found he used his standing as an evangelical pastor to bring the child into a private room.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • pastoral role used to bring the child into a private room in the church

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Condenan a pastor evangélico: agredió sexualmente a una menor de edad entre 2019 y 2020', Prensa Libre (2023).

Guatemala's paper of record reports the 18-year sentence and the court's finding on the pastoral role used to commit the offence.

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