Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Brasília, Federal District, Brazil · 2023

Brasília pastor: appellate court affirms conviction for abuse presented as curse removal

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor, spiritual leader claiming private revelation

Organization

unnamed evangelical church in the Federal District

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

The cited record identifies claimed sexual curse, secret cure rituals, sacred-oil anointing, speaking in tongues, prayer-mountain claims, and pastoral authority over a minor as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is evangelical pastor and spiritual leader claiming private revelation.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Curse or witchcraft threat
Prophecy or divine command
Pastoral or clerical authority
Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2023-11-09 · appellate judgment

Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories, First Criminal Panel, Brazil. The panel denied the appeal and maintained a sentence of five years, one month and seven days in closed custody for two continued acts of sexual violation by fraud, plus moral damages. Judgment 1783481, case 0714801-76.2022.8.07.0020.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed sexual curse
secret cure rituals
sacred-oil anointing
speaking in tongues
prayer-mountain claims
pastoral authority over a minor

Cited record

Sources

appellate court appellate judgment digest Court of Justice of the Federal District and Territories, Informativo de Jurisprudência No. 493, Judgment 1783481 (Dec. 6, 2023).: The official appellate digest records the judgment date, case number, affirmed sentence and damages. It describes how the pastor claimed a minor had a sexual curse requiring secret spiritual work and used sacred oil, prayer, speaking in tongues and a prayer-mountain claim to induce sexual acts.

Source provenance

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Source and tier basis: https://www.tjdft.jus.br/consultas/jurisprudencia/informativos/2023/informativo-de-jurisprudencia-n-493/informativo-de-jurisprudencia-n-493 Corpus classification: appellate-court; evidentiary role: appellate-judgment-digest. SHA-256 4ee8e5447b193f6b0c161ad025a5e34d453915c2a6110d9c76a11f59fd4ff206
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