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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Málaga, Spain · 2026

Spain: priest sentenced to 52 years for drugging and assaulting four women he guided spiritually

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest providing ongoing spiritual guidance

Organization

Diocese of Málaga

Spiritual nexus

Each complainant was in an ongoing spiritual-guidance relationship with the priest; that religious bond is what secured their trust and the private access he used to sedate and assault them.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2026-07-09 · conviction and sentence

    Provincial Court (Audiencia Provincial) of Málaga, Spain. The Provincial Court of Málaga sentenced a Catholic priest to 52 years' imprisonment for drugging four women he was spiritually guiding with an unknown sedative and sexually assaulting them while unconscious between 2015 and 2018, recording the assaults. The court ordered more than €400,000 in restitution and found the Diocese subsidiarily liable for inadequate oversight.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • sedation of victims with an unknown drug
  • ongoing spiritual-direction relationship used to obtain trust and access

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Un sacerdote es condenado a 52 años de prisión por drogar, abusar y grabar a cuatro mujeres en Málaga', Infobae, 9 July 2026.

Reports the Audiencia Provincial ruling, the 52-year sentence, the restitution order and the diocese's subsidiary liability.

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