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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Braço do Norte, Santa Catarina, Brazil · 2024

Brazil: pastor jailed for over thirty-seven years for abusing two boys from his church

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of a church in Braço do Norte

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

Two boys of the congregation, under the man who led it.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2024-07-01 · conviction and sentence; held in custody pending appeal

    Comarca de Braço do Norte, Santa Catarina (Ministério Público de Santa Catarina prosecution). A pastor in Braço do Norte was convicted on two counts of estupro de vulnerável and one of importunação sexual against boys aged twelve and fourteen who attended his church, and sentenced to thirty-seven years and six months in closed regime. His application to appeal at liberty was refused and he has been in custody since July 2024.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • religious-leader authority over church-attending minors

Primary record

Sources

official prosecutor release verdict and sentencing release Ministério Público de Santa Catarina: conviction release.

The prosecuting authority's own release.

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