Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador · 2025

Ecuador: evangelical pastor sentenced to 29 years after claiming a child was under demonic influence

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The child attended the defendant's church, and the coercion was doctrinal: he told the child he was under demonic influence and threatened his sibling. The claimed spiritual condition is what the pastor used to compel silence and compliance.

Exorcism or deliverance
Pastoral or clerical authority
Threatened spiritual consequence

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-06-05 · conviction and sentence

Ecuadorian criminal court, Quito. A pastor identified as Jonathan G. was sentenced to 29 years and 3 months for the repeated rape of a child under 13 who attended his church between September 2021 and September 2022. He had fled and remained a fugitive until his arrest in Quito in 2025.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claim that the child was under demonic influence
threats to harm the child's sibling

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Pastor evangélico va a 29 años de cárcel por violar de manera repetida a un adolescente en Quito', Primicias (Ecuador), 2025.: Ecuadorian outlet reporting the conviction, the sentence, the offence period, and the demonic-influence claim used to coerce the child.

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