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Conviction Claimed spiritual healing or mediumship Taipei, Taiwan · 2025

Taiwan: temple master convicted under the statute for abusing a relationship of authority

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

宮主 (temple master)

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

Legally the cleanest expression of this database's criterion anywhere in the corpus: he was charged under the provision that specifically covers abuse of a relationship of authority.

  • Exorcism or deliverance
  • Spiritual healing or treatment

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2025-01-01 · conviction and sentence

    Taipei District Court, Taiwan. A temple master surnamed Tseng was convicted by the Taipei District Court of sexual harassment by exploiting a relationship of authority, for touching a female believer's breasts under an exorcism pretext while telling her they were acupuncture points. He received seven months.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • an exorcism (驅邪) pretext
  • telling the believer that her breasts were 穴道 (acupuncture points)

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Liberty Times: court report.

National paper's court report.

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