Chile: Pentecostal pastor sentenced to 10 years for repeated abuse of a child under 14
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Appellate history
2024
Nullity appeal rejected; conviction stands.
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Convicted
Authority role
Pentecostal pastor
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The child was connected to the congregation the defendant pastored, and his position as its pastor is what furnished the access and the deference the abuse relied on.
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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Proceedings
2024-10-18 · conviction and sentence; nullity appeal rejected
Tribunal Oral en lo Penal de Temuco; Court of Appeals of Temuco. The oral criminal court of Temuco sentenced Pentecostal pastor Octavio Andrés Curín Ancali to 10 years and one day for repeated sexual abuse of a child under 14, committed between 2017 and 2019. The Court of Appeals of Temuco subsequently rejected his nullity appeal.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- pastoral position within the congregation the child belonged to
Cited record
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- official judiciary release verdict and sentencing report Poder Judicial de Chile, 'TOP de Temuco condena a pastor evangélico a 10 años y un día de presidio por abuso sexual infantil reiterado' (18 Oct. 2024).
Chile's judiciary records the conviction, the 10-year-and-one-day sentence, and the offence period.
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- https://www.pjud.cl/prensa-y-comunicaciones/noticias-del-poder-judicial/116500 Corpus classification: official-judiciary-release; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 3afd5d1c8c4370c5fb333aa64e3d6fcb4d8057d76e3548e794bb4a6abbe3b6f6
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