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Paul Schäfer

Paul SchäferAKA Paul Schäfer Schneider

Born: 4-Dec-1921
Birthplace: Troisdorf, Germany
Died: 24-Apr-2010
Location of death: Santiago, Chile
Cause of death: Heart Failure

Gender: Male
Religion: Cult
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Gay [1]
Occupation: Criminal, Religion

Nationality: Chile
Executive summary: Colonia Dignidad cult leader

Military service: Germany Army (medic, WWII)

[1] Gustavo González, "Colonia Dignidad's Dark History Far from Over", IPS, 17 January 2006, quoting Claudio Salinas, "[Members] were under a spell cast by a man who is neither a psychopath nor brutish, but a charismatic leader, and also a homosexual who only likes boys."

Brother: Hans (d.)
Brother: Walter (d.)
Daughter: Rebeca Schäfer (adopted)

    Hitler Youth
    Founded Religion
    Child Molestation charged (1959)
    Failure to Appear (20-Oct-1997)
    Child Molestation convicted in absentia (Nov-2004)
    Rape
    Extradited from Argentina to Chile (12-Mar-2005)
    Unlawful Possession of a Firearm (Aug-2006)
    Murder Miguel Ángel Becerra Hidalgo, charged (Feb-2007)
    Missing Eye right (age 11)
    German Ancestry





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