Conviction Afro-Brazilian religious settings Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil · 2026

Brazil: Umbanda leader convicted for using 'orixás' doctrine to coerce two teenage devotees into sex

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As the terreiro's spiritual director, the defendant invoked named spiritual entities and doctrine directly to instruct the victims that sex with him was ordained by the orixás -- prophecy attributed to spirit entities used as the explicit mechanism of coercion, which the court found compromised the victims' free will.

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2026-04-10 · First-instance conviction and sentencing

14th Criminal Court, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Convicted of sexual violation by fraud (two counts); eight years nine months, closed regime; removed from public post

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A Tribuna MT (2026) 'Cuiabá: Líder religioso é condenado por violação sexual mediante fraude'. Available at: atribunamt.com.br (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Judge João Bosco Soares da Silva of Cuiabá's 14th Criminal Court convicted Umbanda terreiro leader and lawyer Luiz Antônio Rodrigues Silva to eight years nine months for sexual violation by fraud against two teenage devotees. One victim had attended the terreiro since age 11; at 15 the defendant began invoking the spirit 'Chico Preto,' claiming the pair were 'married in past lives' and that sex between them was ordained by the orixás with oxalá's permission. The other victim, then 16, was taken to a motel to supposedly 'pay Exu' for religious consultations. The court found the victims' free will compromised by the religious fraud and ordered him removed from his municipal auditor post.: A Tribuna MT (2026) 'Cuiabá: Líder religioso é condenado por violação sexual mediante fraude'. Available at: atribunamt.com.br (Accessed 2026-07-19). English gloss: Judge João Bosco Soares da Silva of Cuiabá's 14th Criminal Court convicted Umbanda terreiro leader and lawyer Luiz Antônio Rodrigues Silva to eight years nine months for sexual violation by fraud against two teenage devotees. One victim had attended the terreiro since age 11; at 15 the defendant began invoking the spirit 'Chico Preto,' claiming the pair were 'married in past lives' and that sex between them was ordained by the orixás with oxalá's permission. The other victim, then 16, was taken to a motel to supposedly 'pay Exu' for religious consultations. The court found the victims' free will compromised by the religious fraud and ordered him removed from his municipal auditor post.
CBN Cuiabá (2026) 'Líder religioso é condenado a 8 anos de prisão por abusos contra jovens'. Available at: cbncuiaba.com.br (Accessed 2026-07-19).: CBN Cuiabá (2026) 'Líder religioso é condenado a 8 anos de prisão por abusos contra jovens'. Available at: cbncuiaba.com.br (Accessed 2026-07-19).

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Source and tier basis: https://www.atribunamt.com.br/sem-categoria/estado/2026/04/cuiaba-lider-religioso-e-condenado-por-violacao-sexual-mediante-fraude/ Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 2661cc6fa5e403944db9bf29b785a90a772f5d08e3fb2d3380fe34a6e65bde43
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Source and tier basis: https://www.cbncuiaba.com.br/2026/04/14/lider-religioso-e-condenado-a-8-anos-de-prisao-por-abusos-contra-jovens/ Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 140730fbe99d1e8e94ff637f45e427429a3ad0ac69c99e8e13cdf21524d684a3
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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