Conviction Islamic institutions and contexts Quranic-school and daara systems Deket, Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia · 2024

Indonesia: Quran-school teacher sentenced to six years for abusing three students

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

TPQ (Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur'an) teacher and caretaker

Organization

Pondok TPQ, Deket, Lamongan

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The complainants were minor students boarding at the TPQ where the defendant taught Quran recitation, under his direct religious instructional authority; the abuse came to light when one victim reported pain, leading two more children to come forward.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2024-07-18 · conviction and sentence

Pengadilan Negeri Lamongan (Lamongan District Court), Indonesia. A teacher (initials R, elderly) at a Taman Pendidikan Al-Qur'an (Quran study center/boarding house) in Deket, Lamongan, was convicted of sexually abusing three minor students in his care and sentenced to six years' imprisonment. The court cited the victims' fear and trauma as an aggravating factor and the defendant's age, courtroom demeanor, and a settlement reached with the victims' parents as mitigating factors.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious instructional authority over children boarded at his Quran-education institution

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting arrest report 'Diduga Cabuli 3 Anak, Pengasuh Pondok TPQ di Lamongan Ditangkap', detikJatim, 5 Jan. 2024.: Reports the arrest of a TPQ caretaker in Deket, Lamongan, on suspicion of abusing three minor students; the case surfaced after one victim complained of pain and two more children then disclosed similar abuse.
regional newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Cabuli Tiga Anak, Guru TPQ Divonis Enam Tahun', Radar Lamongan (Jawa Pos Group), 18 Jul. 2024.: Reports the Lamongan District Court's six-year sentence for the TPQ teacher, three years below the prosecution's original demand, citing victim trauma as an aggravating factor and the defendant's age, conduct, and a parental settlement as mitigating.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.detik.com/jatim/hukum-dan-kriminal/d-7126111/diduga-cabuli-3-anak-pengasuh-pondok-tpq-di-lamongan-ditangkap Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: arrest-report. SHA-256 33b679e020e19f80562a14fce15c4c0971ca958ad9f30f2e493c2756627f9d4d
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://radarlamongan.jawapos.com/persidangan/2284881195/cabuli-tiga-anak-guru-tpq-divonis-enam-tahun Corpus classification: regional-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 55899448f7b62d9d0f93b54037294c306697c1feb68f0cf1242ecca995c424f8
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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