Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Paramaribo, Suriname · 2025

Cedric Landveld: conviction after sexual abuse during prayer and anointing

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Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor, spiritual leader invited to conduct a prayer session

Organization

unnamed Surinamese religious community

Archive classification

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The cited record identifies claimed spiritual deliverance, private prayer session, anointing with oil, religious trust, and promised help with health and financial problems as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is pastor and spiritual leader invited to conduct a prayer session.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Exorcism or deliverance
Pastoral or clerical authority
Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-08-19 · first-instance judgment reported August 2025

Cantonal Court in Suriname. The court acquitted Cedric Landveld of rape and indecent assault by violence but convicted him of indecent conduct, imposing two and a half years in prison with six months suspended.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed spiritual deliverance
private prayer session
anointing with oil
religious trust
promised help with health and financial problems

Cited record

Sources

court reporting judgment explanation Suriname Herald, 'Pastor veroordeeld tot 2,5 jaar cel voor ontucht: persrechter licht vonnis toe' (Aug. 21, 2025).: The report quotes press judge Alida Johanns and records the conviction, sentence, acquittals and judicial finding that Landveld abused his position as a spiritual leader during a prayer session requested for health and financial problems.
contemporaneous reporting judgment report Dagblad Suriname, 'Met olie zalvende pastor veroordeeld voor ontucht' (Aug. 20, 2025).: Contemporaneous court reporting corroborates the conviction and mixed verdict and describes the prayer, anointing-oil and claimed healing context presented at trial.

Source provenance

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Source and tier basis: https://www.srherald.com/suriname/2025/08/21/pastor-veroordeeld-tot-25-jaar-cel-voor-ontucht-persrechter-licht-vonnis-toe/ Corpus classification: court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-explanation. SHA-256 c5fa116cc22cb11737897acfa1556598a00ccc813d38e0a92b052a5f87b8e990
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.dbsuriname.com/2025/08/20/met-olie-zalvende-pastor-veroordeeld-voor-ontucht/ Corpus classification: contemporaneous-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 b7084b46165fcca11b0705dfa1232f8dbad1dabe5addcd85583f220b71a887b1
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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