Malawi: prophet jailed for defiling a girl her mother had brought to him for prayer
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self-styled prophet
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The mother's faith delivered her daughter to him, and the same faith is what let him send the mother out of the room.
- Prophecy or divine command
- Pastoral or clerical authority
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2024-04-03 · conviction and sentence
Mwanza First Grade Magistrate Court, Malawi. Prophet Stonard Ali, 26, was sentenced in April 2024 to fourteen years' imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a sixteen-year-old church member whose mother had brought her to him for prayers; he sent the mother away to pray alone so that he could be left with the girl.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- the mother sent away to 'pray alone' so he could be left with her daughter
- family's resort to him for prayer
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- national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Malawi24: 'Prophet sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for defiling a minor'.
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- https://malawi24.com/2024/04/03/prophet-sentenced-to-14-years-imprisonment-for-defiling-a-minor/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 6065f6940654801d905cff00a6fde9f031c23030b69811e212d1f7713093b187
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