Guatemala: pastor sentenced to 18 years for sexually assaulting an eleven-year-old in the church
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evangelical pastor
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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.
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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.
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- pastoral role used to bring the child into a private room in the church
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- 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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- https://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/justicia/condenan-a-pastor-evangelico-agredio-sexualmente-a-una-menor-de-edad-entre-2019-y-2020-breaking/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 0db154eb24262b04bea1c4fbc49b0f2c20d2c7e42ce35d14cb6896c3980d687d
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