Overview
- The provincial court sentenced five of six defendants to prison terms ranging from three and a half to seven years and ordered 55,000 euros in compensation for five victims.
- Judges acquitted all defendants of the illicit association charge and cleared one person entirely after finding the evidence insufficient.
- The ruling details how the late leader, known as Tío Toni, claimed healing powers and used sexual rituals presented as therapy, with abuses against minors occurring at the La Chaparra farmhouse in Vistabella between 2007 and 2022.
- Two women, including the leader’s partner, received three and a half years as necessary collaborators, another woman got seven years for allowing abuse of her children, and two others were given five years each for continued sexual abuse offenses.
- Appeals to the Valencian High Court remain open, and El Periódico reports the bench applied a near time‑bar and mental impairment as strong mitigations, yielding far lighter terms than the more than 60 years the prosecutor sought.