Gran Canaria court convicts a Santería practitioner who used rites to assault a child
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
practitioner of Cuban Santería rites
Organization
No organization assigned
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The cited record identifies ritual pretext, deception, and authority over a minor as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is practitioner of Cuban Santería rites.
- Ritual, oath, or initiation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2024-05-31 · criminal judgment
Provincial Court of Las Palmas, First Section. Convicted of continuous aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to ten years, six months and one day in prison.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- ritual pretext
- deception
- authority over a minor
Cited record
Sources
- court judgment release General Council of the Judiciary of Spain, ‘Condenado a diez años de cárcel por violar al hijo de su pareja mediante ritos de santería’ (June 5, 2024).
The judiciary’s release records the sentence and the court’s finding that the defendant used purported Cuban Santería rites to deceive and sexually assault his partner’s minor child. The court did not identify the defendant publicly.
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- https://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Tribunales-Superiores-de-Justicia/TSJ-Canarias/Oficina-de-Comunicacion/Notas-de-prensa/Condenado-a-diez-anos-de-carcel-por-violar-al-hijo-de-su-pareja-mediante-ritos-de-santeria Corpus classification: court; evidentiary role: judgment-release. SHA-256 3efa8875db3e0c0162a9b55d5bade063b63ffeefcf0dd9f9d0fff132ca592a5f
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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