CHILD ABUSE: Two Jehovah’s Witnesses Nearly In Prison
ENTRE RÍOS – In 2021, Pedro Matías Vargas and Vito Luciano Panza, Jehovah’s Witnesses of Santa Elena, were convicted for the crime of sexual abuse of two minors. The Superior Court of the Criminal Justice Chamber of Entre Ríos has rejected an appeal of the conviction presented by the religious group’s lawyer. Vargas and Panza […]
ARGENTINA: Jehovah’s Witness, Pedro Matías Vargas, gets 12 years prison term
The Trial Court of Appeals of Paraná, made up of Carolina Castagno, Gustavo Pimentel and Elvio Garzón, decided this Friday to declare Pedro Matías Vargas the material author and person responsible for the crimes of “Seriously outrageous sexual abuse aggravated by his position as a minister of a recognized or non-recognized religion and because he […]
ARGENTINA: Jehovah’s Witnesses remain silent in a child sexual abuse trial
Elders of a congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Santa Elena opted for silence and secrecy in a trial that followed Matías Vargas and Luciano Vito Panza, two members of that religious congregation, accused of aggravated sexual abuse and corruption of minors to the detriment of two young people. Originally published by EntreRíosYA on March 11, […]
ARGENTINA: Two Jehovah’s Witnesses to be Tried for Alleged Child Sexual Abuse
Originally published on El Argentino on March 1 2021. An oral and public trial will begin in which the defendants Matías Vargas and Vito Luciano Panza will be seated in the dock, to whom the Prosecutor’s Office and the complaint are charged with crimes against sexual integrity to the detriment of two girls from the […]