{"id":207829,"date":"2023-12-07T07:26:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=207829"},"modified":"2023-12-07T08:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T12:04:57","slug":"canadian-missionaries-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse-of-dominican-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/12\/07\/canadian-missionaries-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse-of-dominican-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian missionaries sentenced for sexual abuse of Dominican children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matrimonio-Canadiense-condenado-agresion-sexual-menores-El-Cuarto-Poder-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207870\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matrimonio-Canadiense-condenado-agresion-sexual-menores-El-Cuarto-Poder-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matrimonio-Canadiense-condenado-agresion-sexual-menores-El-Cuarto-Poder-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matrimonio-Canadiense-condenado-agresion-sexual-menores-El-Cuarto-Poder-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Matrimonio-Canadiense-condenado-agresion-sexual-menores-El-Cuarto-Poder.png 1390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Second Collegiate Court of La Vega sentenced a Canadian couple for sex crimes involving children in the Dominican Republic. The case was prepared by the Unit for Comprehensive Attention to Victims of Gender, Intrafamily or Sexual Crimes of the Public Ministry of La Vega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case dates back to 2021 when a mother of a 9-year old found disturbing evidence in a cell phone the Canadians had gifted to her son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported, 35-year old Canadians Adam Eric Pepper and his wife Tracee Lynne Plett were living in El Mirador, Jarabacoa in the central province of La Vega, Dominican Republic, working as missionaries for the Ontario-based Commission To Every Nation Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When cops raided the Peppers\u2019 home in April 2021, they seized USB flash drives, an expensive camera and accessories, high-definition recording equipment, and an underwater digital camera. On the devices, cops found sexually explicit content involving at least the boy and another girl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam was sentenced to seven years in prison while his wife has received a five-year sentence. The wife has a ban on working and cannot leave the country. They were ordered to pay the equivalent of 10 official minimum wages, and legal costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/condenan-un-canadiense-y-su-esposa-por-agresion-sexual-a-menores-de-edad-en-jarabacoa\/\">El Dia <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/proceso.com.do\/2021\/04\/10\/someteran-ciudadana-canadiense-en-jarabacoa-acusada-de-violar-un-nino-de-9-anos\/\">Proceso <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.com.do\/destacados\/policia-nacional-apresa-mujer-por-abuso-sexual-a-menor-de-edad\/\">CDN <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elcuartopoder.net\/matrimonio-canadiense-condenado-en-rd-por-agresion-sexual-a-menores\/\">El Cuarto Poder <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/noticiassin.com\/matrimonio-canadiense-es-condenado-en-rd-por-agresion-sexual-a-menores-1546745\/\">Noticias SIN <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cten.org\/\">Commission To Every Nation Canada <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adam-pepper-b0403a139\/\">Linkedin <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 December 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Second Collegiate Court of La Vega sentenced a Canadian couple for sex crimes involving children in the Dominican Republic. The case was prepared by the Unit for Comprehensive Attention to Victims of Gender, Intrafamily or Sexual Crimes of the Public Ministry of La Vega. The case dates back to 2021 when a mother of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/12\/07\/canadian-missionaries-sentenced-for-sexual-abuse-of-dominican-children\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[319,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207890,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207829\/revisions\/207890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}