Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent San Martín, Mendoza, Argentina · 2025

Argentina: pastor convicted of statutory rape aggravated by his status as 'minister of a cult'

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The statutory aggravating factor the court applied was explicitly the defendant's status as a minister of a religious cult over a congregant of his father's church, where the abuse both began (at a church camp) and partly occurred (inside the church).

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2025-07-08 · Abbreviated trial (guilty plea) and sentencing

San Martín, Mendoza, Argentina. Convicted of statutory rape aggravated by minister-of-cult status; three years' conditional imprisonment

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Página/12 (2025) 'Pastor evangélico condenado en Mendoza por abuso sexual'. Available at: pagina12.com.ar (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: In an abbreviated trial, 28-year-old pastor Fernando Nehemías Coronel Fanin was convicted to three years' conditional imprisonment for 'estupro agravado por ser ministro de culto' (statutory rape aggravated by being a minister of a cult), for a six-month course of abuse in 2022 against a 15-year-old girl who attended his father's church in San Martín, Mendoza -- the 'Centro de Vida' church -- beginning with a kiss at a church camp and escalating to repeated sexual contact at a medical office and inside the church itself.: Página/12 (2025) 'Pastor evangélico condenado en Mendoza por abuso sexual'. Available at: pagina12.com.ar (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: In an abbreviated trial, 28-year-old pastor Fernando Nehemías Coronel Fanin was convicted to three years' conditional imprisonment for 'estupro agravado por ser ministro de culto' (statutory rape aggravated by being a minister of a cult), for a six-month course of abuse in 2022 against a 15-year-old girl who attended his father's church in San Martín, Mendoza -- the 'Centro de Vida' church -- beginning with a kiss at a church camp and escalating to repeated sexual contact at a medical office and inside the church itself.
Infobae (2025) 'Mendoza: un pastor evangelista admitió que abusó de una menor pero no irá preso'. Available at: infobae.com (Accessed 2026-07-19).: Infobae (2025) 'Mendoza: un pastor evangelista admitió que abusó de una menor pero no irá preso'. Available at: infobae.com (Accessed 2026-07-19).

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Source and tier basis: https://www.pagina12.com.ar/841018-pastor-evangelico-condenado-en-mendoza-por-abuso-sexual/ Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 a6c405d056b82ef223aea5ae44da059fed8275233db92f905e1a3cf59907c430
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Source and tier basis: https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2025/07/10/mendoza-un-pastor-evangelista-admitio-que-abuso-de-una-menor-pero-no-ira-preso/ Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 f517e3bf762c0f185c3c8974507c61b8fe5274beaafcfaf45a0207d86e8d89a2
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