Lili Endakeki: five-year sentence for abusive claimed spiritual treatment
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
self-proclaimed shepherd and spiritual practitioner
Organization
No organization assigned
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The cited record identifies charlatanism, claimed spiritual treatment, authority over a vulnerable child, and physical violence as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is self-proclaimed shepherd and spiritual practitioner.
- Spiritual healing or treatment
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2025-10-20 · criminal judgment and sentence
High Court of Ouesso, Republic of the Congo. The court convicted Endakeki of charlatanism, intentional assault and involuntary homicide and imposed five years in prison, a 720,000-CFA-franc fine and civil damages.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- charlatanism
- claimed spiritual treatment
- authority over a vulnerable child
- physical violence
Cited record
Sources
- local court reporting judgment report Matin Libre Congo, 'Ouesso: condamnation d'une fausse bergère à cinq ans de prison ferme' (Oct. 20, 2025).
Detailed local court reporting records the conviction, offenses, sentence, civil damages and abusive practices against a child under claimed spiritual authority.
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- Source and tier basis
- https://www.matinlibre.cg/ouesso-condamnation-dune-fausse-bergere-a-cinq-ans-de-prison-ferme/ Corpus classification: local-court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 a2d56454462e2f528b063e0ae7b2cfebeb3ec04d1de53d45ee7a99b6d9ae2652
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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