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Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic St Catherine, Jamaica · 2026

Jamaica: Catholic priest sentenced to 12 years for abusing a twelve-year-old on the church compound

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic priest

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

The offences occurred inside the priest's own living quarters on the church compound, the private space his office gave him within the parish where the child was present.

  • Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2026-03-21 · conviction and sentence

    St Catherine Circuit Court, Jamaica (Justice Dale Palmer). A 41-year-old Catholic priest was convicted of sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old and sexual touching, both committed at his living quarters on the church compound between March and April 2023, and was sentenced to 12 years concurrent, with eight years to serve before parole eligibility.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • abuse in the priest's living quarters on the church compound

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Priest gets 12 years in prison for sex with minor on church compound', Jamaica Gleaner, 23 Mar. 2026.

Jamaica's paper of record reporting the conviction, the sentence, the parole threshold, and the church-compound setting.

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