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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Osceola County, Florida, USA · 2026

United States: Osceola County pastor found guilty of raping a church member who sought spiritual guidance

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

pastor of a congregation the victim had recently joined for spiritual guidance and revival

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

A new congregant, placed in the pastor's own household as part of a church-sanctioned spiritual process and assigned his wife as her 'spiritual godmother,' was raped by the man whose religious authority had arranged that access.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2026-07-01 · jury verdict

    Osceola County, Florida — circuit court. Eddy Noelsaint, 54, was found guilty on four counts of sexual battery against a member of his congregation. The assaults occurred in 2022 after the victim joined his church; she said Noelsaint first raped her while she was staying at his home as part of her 'spiritual revival,' after giving her pills that left her unable to resist, and raped her again months later. Sentencing was scheduled for 11 Sep 2026.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • assignment of a 'spiritual godmother' (the pastor's own wife) as part of the victim's baptism, binding her further into the household
  • hosting the victim in his home as part of a spiritual-revival process
  • use of pills to incapacitate her before the first assault

Primary record

Sources

press press report ClickOrlando/WKMG, 10 Jul 2026.

Verdict, four counts, sentencing date.

press press report WFTV9, Jul 2026.

Circumstances of the assaults and the 'spiritual godmother' detail.

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