Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Mobile, Alabama, USA · 2025

United States: Mobile, Alabama pastor sentenced for sexual misconduct with two former church members

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of Tree of Life Deliverance Ministry, Mobile, Alabama

Organization

Tree of Life Deliverance Ministry, Mobile, Alabama

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Assaults carried out under the invocation of prayer and scripture against members of his own congregation, using the authority the pastoral role itself supplied.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Spiritual healing or treatment

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-04-08 · conviction and sentence

Mobile County Circuit Court, Alabama. Bradrick Vail, formerly of Tree of Life Deliverance Ministry, was convicted of seven counts of sexual misconduct against two former church members, after Circuit Judge Jill Phillips dismissed five more serious charges (three counts of first-degree rape, three of sexual abuse, one of first-degree sodomy) on statute-of-limitations grounds. He was sentenced to two years in prison; the judge stated his conduct as a pastor was 'extremely disturbing.'

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral authority invoked through prayer and scripture during the assaults themselves

Cited record

Sources

press press report 1819 News, Apr 2025.: Conviction, dismissed counts, sentence, judge's statement.
press press report FOX10 Mobile, 8 Apr 2025.: Prayer/Bible framing of the assaults.

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Source and tier basis: https://1819news.com/news/item/mobile-pastor-sentenced-to-two-years-in-sexual-misconduct-case Corpus classification: press; evidentiary role: press-report. SHA-256 d5e6ca239678037ce5d75a987b5f7dee965ffc14ccd648f6ff1bb641ed5c6c17
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/04/08/mobile-pastor-convicted-sexual-misconduct-sentenced-two-years/ Corpus classification: press; evidentiary role: press-report. SHA-256 c3629f52a15b5e8270947ee4b677848d9d6835e99be7184724e6eb42ed826e1c
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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