Pastors, bishops and apostles
Bishop Marcelo Crivella
Electoral court (1)Damages: HomophobiaCorruption (type not specified in the document)Money launderingCriminal organizationon-leave bishop of the Universal Church; federal deputy (RJ), former mayor of Rio and former senator; ordered by the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice to pay R$ 100,000 in collective moral damages (censorship of a comic book at the 2019 Biennial); declared ineligible by the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE-RJ) in the "Bribery HQ" case, with effects suspended by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE)
Support for Jair Bolsonaro
He had Jair Bolsonaro's declared support in his campaign for re-election as Rio mayor in 2020 (breakfast at the Alvorada Palace on 30/10/2020) and was nominated by Bolsonaro, in June 2021, for the Brazilian embassy in South Africa.
Court cases and investigations
Criminal sphere
"Bribery HQ" (QG da Propina) case: charges against Marcelo Crivella for corruption, money laundering and criminal organization (Rio de Janeiro courts and TRE-RJ)
Electoral Courts
Ineligibility of Marcelo Crivella declared by the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE-RJ) in the "Bribery HQ" (QG da Propina) case (2024)
Civil, administrative and oversight sphere
Public civil action against Marcelo Crivella over the order to pull a comic book with a kiss between two men at the 2019 Book Biennial — Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice