Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Panchimalco, El Salvador · 2023

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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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-styled pastor active in rural Panchimalco church events

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The lodging — and with it the access — existed only because the family took him for a man of God.

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Proceedings

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.

Primary record

official prosecutor release sentencing release Fiscalía General de la República: 'FGR logró condena de 20 años de cárcel para pastor que violó a menor'.: The prosecuting authority's release.

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