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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

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

evangelical pastor

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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

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Proceedings

  1. 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

Cited 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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https://www.primicias.ec/sucesos/pastor-evangelico-carcel-violacion-adolescente-quito-97878/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 7dd23cc173b5110d3361a6c6309b629cf492adc3cc9fc15fc6a29090e3601a69
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