Pastors, bishops and apostles

Pastor Everaldo

DefendantCriminal organization

Pastor and PSC leader (identified as "PSC leader" in 2016 and as the party's president in the indictment accepted in 2021). He baptized Jair Bolsonaro in the Jordan River, in Israel, on 12/05/2016, when Jair was a federal deputy affiliated with the PSC (09/03/2016 to 27/03/2018, according to the Chamber). Arrested in Operation Tris in Idem on 28/08/2020, by order of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), his pretrial detention was upheld by the Special Court on 18/11/2020. He is a defendant for criminal organization in AP 5049124-57.2021.4.02.5101 (charges accepted by the court on 16/06/2021), over events of 2019–2020 in the Rio de Janeiro state government. No sentence found.

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Court cases and investigations

Criminal sphere

Criminal Case no. 5049124-57.2021.4.02.5101 (criminal organization in the Rio de Janeiro state government, 2019–2020) — 7th Federal Criminal Court of Rio de Janeiro, severed from the Superior Court of Justice's (STJ) APn 977 — Defendant (charges accepted by the court)
Charges by the Prosecutor-General's Office (PGR) against Wilson Witzel, Pastor Everaldo and 11 others (Operation Kickback — unpaid commitments to a health social organization) — Superior Court of Justice (STJ), 15/12/2020 — Charged

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