Popular Brazilian healer João Teixeira is sentenced to 118 years in prison for sexual rape

The famous Brazilian healer João de Deus, whose name is João Teixeira Faria, was sentenced this Friday to more than 118 years in prison for raping four women, according to the court of justice of the state of Goiás (Center).

João Teixeira de Fariaknown as “John of God” any “John of God”it was “sentenced in three trials to a custodial sentence of 118 years, 6 months and 15 days of closed confinement” for committing “rape, rape through fraud and rape of a vulnerable person”noted the court in a press release.

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Judge Marcos Boechat, author of the decision, concluded the analysis in the first instance of a total of 17 cases against the healer, for which he had already accumulated unfavorable sentences.

The crimes related to the sentences announced this Friday were committed between 2010 and 2017 and involved 18 people.

John of Goddetained since December 2018, he committed abuse during his spiritual consultations at Casa Dom Inácio de Loyola, his temple in the city of Abadiânia, about 100 kilometers from the Brazilian capital, Brasília.

The judge also imposed compensation for moral damages to the victims of up to 100 thousand reais (around 20.5 thousand dollars).

The 81-year-old healer is currently under house arrest.

John of Godwho declared his innocence, became world famous when he hosted the famous American television presenter Oprah Winfrey at Abadiânia, in 2012.

But his fame was destroyed when more than 300 women denounced him at the end of 2018 for forcing them to perform oral sex or masturbate him during “spiritual healing” sessions at Casa Dom Inácio de Loyola.

The abuses, committed between 1973 and 2018, began to be publicized through the testimonies of twelve victims on the Brazilian network TV Globo.

John of God It received around 10 thousand visitors monthly, which turned Abadiânia into a famous spiritual tourism spot.

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Source: Elcomercio

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