El Salvador: self-styled pastor convicted of continuous rape of a minor in a household that lodged him on religious trust
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self-styled pastor active in rural Panchimalco church events
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The lodging — and with it the access — existed only because the family took him for a man of God.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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2023-09-06 · conviction and sentence
Tribunal Segundo de Sentencia de San Salvador, El Salvador. Santiago Vásquez, who presented himself as a pastor at religious events in rural Panchimalco, gradually won a family's trust through church gatherings until they gave him lodging, then repeatedly raped a minor of the household during 2022. The Tribunal Segundo de Sentencia de San Salvador convicted him of continuous rape of a minor and sentenced him to 20 years, announced by the Fiscalía General de la República in September 2023.
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- religious standing that won him lodging in the victim's family home
- trust built through church gatherings
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- official prosecutor release sentencing release Fiscalía General de la República: 'FGR logró condena de 20 años de cárcel para pastor que violó a menor'.
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- https://www.fiscalia.gob.sv/fgr-logro-condena-de-20-anos-de-carcel-para-pastor-que-violo-a-menor/ Corpus classification: official-prosecutor-release; evidentiary role: sentencing-release. SHA-256 9f5922b3214308e4e40bee14a3fdc254bdf40ec4753d2f6b7cb4998a0b651ab3
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