Pastor in Belize gets 10 years in prison for sexually abusing woman
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August 21, 2026
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BELMOPAN, Belize, CMC – Former National Evangelical Association of Belize president, Pastor Victor Wagner Hernandez, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was found guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing a woman who had turned to him for counsel.
High Court Judge Justice Antoinette Moore imposed the sentence on the 67-year-old pastor after he was found guilty of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.
The court heard that the offences occurred in 2015, 2016 and 2021 while Hernandez served at the Toledo Faith Outreach Christian Center in Punta Gorda.
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