Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · 2025

Pastor Jonas: conviction for a public witchcraft accusation during prayer

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor and head of the Ministry of Divine Love

Organization

Ministry of Divine Love

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

The cited record identifies claimed spiritual vision, public witchcraft accusation, congregational authority, and exposure to community retaliation as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is pastor and head of the Ministry of Divine Love.

Curse or witchcraft threat
Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-09-09 · criminal judgment and sentence

High Court of Ouaga I, Burkina Faso. The court convicted the pastor of accusing a woman of witchcraft and imposed twelve months in prison and a 500,000 CFA-franc fine, both suspended.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed spiritual vision
public witchcraft accusation
congregational authority
exposure to community retaliation

Cited record

Sources

local court reporting judgment report Zoodomail, 'Un pasteur condamné pour accusation de sorcellerie à Ouagadougou' (Sept. 10, 2025).: Detailed courtroom reporting records the prayer setting, admitted lack of evidence, prosecution's safety analysis, conviction and suspended sentence.
local court reporting judgment corroboration NetAfrique, 'Ouagadougou: un pasteur condamné pour avoir accusé une enseignante de sorcellerie' (Sept. 2025).: Independent local reporting corroborates the verdict, sentence and public prayer context.

Source provenance

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Source and tier basis: https://www.zoodomail.com/node/3459 Corpus classification: local-court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-report. SHA-256 ac75e220ce588c22791b7c794c800a306cfab88b875a166f995462a1929cb76c
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://netafrique.net/ouagadougou-un-pasteur-condamne-par-la-justice-pour-avoir-accuse-une-enseignante-de-sorcellerie-lors-dune-priere-a-boassa/ Corpus classification: local-court-reporting; evidentiary role: judgment-corroboration. SHA-256 fc00b25592a70aeaac1e73b594133d6c789e0c383ea51be7291d9087e767d51c
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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