Overview

• Fernando Nehemías Coronel Fanin admitted in court to repeatedly abusing a church member when she was 15 over a six-month period in 2022.
• Under the plea agreement struck by prosecutor Mariana Gutiérrez and approved by Judge María del Valle Sierra Maradei, his charge was reclassified to estupro agravado and he received a three-year sentence on conditional release.
• Despite the conviction, Coronel Fanin walks free under Argentina’s conditional imprisonment rules and faces no immediate jail time.
• He remains listed in the Mendoza Psychologists Association with two clinics in San Martín and Rivadavia where he continues to see adults and minors.
• Neighbors and advocacy groups in San Martín have voiced shock, calling the outcome unduly lenient given his position of authority.