Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland · 2025

Switzerland: Ticino priest convicted of sexually coercing nine parishioners, four of them minors

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Authority role

Catholic parish priest, Diocese of Lugano

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Diocese of Lugano

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The priest's pastoral authority over parishioners in his care, including minors under his religious instruction, was the relationship in which the sustained pattern of coercion occurred.

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Proceedings

2025-08-14 · trial conviction

Tribunale penale cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland. The Ticino cantonal criminal court in Lugano sentenced the priest to 18 months' imprisonment, suspended, for multiple counts of sexual coercion and sexual acts with minors. The offences occurred between 2015 and 2023 against at least nine victims, four of them minors. The court imposed a lifetime professional ban on contact with minors and ordered outpatient therapy.

Documented coercion mechanisms

priestly pastoral authority over parishioners, including minors under his religious instruction

Cited record

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national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report RTS, 'Un prêtre condamné à un an et demi de prison avec sursis au Tessin pour abus sexuels.' French: reports the 18-month suspended sentence, nine victims, lifetime ban. English gloss: 'A priest sentenced to eighteen months' suspended prison in Ticino for sexual abuse.': Primary national-broadcaster report on the verdict.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/autres-cantons/2025/article/proces-au-tessin-ex-pretre-accuse-d-abus-sexuels-sur-mineurs-et-adultes-28967304.html Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 e74e4782507a351e85ea41d8ea02fcc7c9627bd8630844798220837f496290e9
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