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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Hormigueros and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico · 2024

Puerto Rico: priest convicted of lewd acts against a minor at the Santuario de la Monserrate, court cites his 'relación de superioridad' of religious leadership

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

priest, Santuario de la Monserrate, Hormigueros

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The court's own sentencing language names the mechanism: the priest 'aprovechándose de su víctima por existir una relación de superioridad de liderazgo de creencia religiosa' — took advantage of the victim because a relationship of superiority through religious-belief leadership existed.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2024-06-01 · conviction and sentence

    Tribunal de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (Judge Aixa Rosado Pietri). Floyd McCoy Jordán, then serving at the Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora de Monserrate in Hormigueros, was found guilty of committing lewd acts against a minor under 14 between 2013 and 2014, and sentenced to 15 years in prison. The court's sentencing findings expressly invoked the priest's 'relationship of superiority' arising from his religious leadership.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • court finding of a 'relación de superioridad de liderazgo de creencia religiosa' (relationship of superiority through religious-belief leadership)
  • harassment via phone calls and text messages

Primary record

Sources

national press sentencing report Univision Puerto Rico (2024) 'Condenan en Puerto Rico a 15 años a sacerdote por actos lascivos'.

'...aprovechándose de su víctima por existir una relación de superioridad de liderazgo de creencia religiosa.' English gloss: ...taking advantage of his victim because a relationship of superiority through religious-belief leadership existed.

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