Brazil: pastor sentenced to ninety-one years for abusing five boys of his congregation
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pastor of a congregation in Barcarena
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Five small boys of the congregation, reached through the office their families trusted.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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2024-01-01 · conviction and sentence
Comarca de Barcarena, Tribunal de Justiça do Pará (Juiz Iran Ferreira Sampaio). Anderson Cleiton de Sousa Gomes, a pastor in Barcarena, was convicted of estupro de vulnerável against five boys aged between five and nine, all reached through his position in the congregation, and sentenced to ninety-one years and eight days in closed regime.
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- pastoral standing used to reach boys of the congregation aged five to nine
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- official court release verdict and sentencing release Tribunal de Justiça do Pará: 'Pastor é condenado a 91 anos por estupro de vulnerável'.
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- https://www.tjpa.jus.br/PortalExterno/imprensa/noticias/Informes/544734-Pastor-e-condenado-a-91-anos-por-estupro-de-vulneravel.xhtml Corpus classification: official-court-release; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-release. SHA-256 45e6a7a729b3da3481bc47cbb7c37a7414665a837026fdba6b604a803ab70d18
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