Overview

• The trial opened June 27 at the Hamburg Regional Court where the 47-year-old father faces counts of particularly severe pimping, sexual coercion and sexual abuse of a minor.
• Prosecutors allege the father coerced his son into six paid encounters between March and June 2022 by threatening serious repercussions if he refused.
• In the first known case he accepted €2,800 from a pastor for the teenager’s sexual services; two of the six forced sessions involved the same clergyman.
• Investigators say the father advertised his son on an online escort platform to arrange additional paid meetings with adult clients.
• The Nordkirche suspended the pastor immediately after learning of the charges in mid-May and has opened a formal disciplinary proceeding against him.