Translated by Bible Vaccine Center America (biblevc.org) on December 21, 2023 PST. Original Source(Korean): https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014406275
JMS Jeong Myeong-seok was sentenced to 23 years in the first trial on charges of sexual assault of a female member Entered 2023.12.22. Modified at 2:15 PM 2023.12.22. 2:16 PM Original article Reporter Park Joo-young
JMS Jeong Myeong-seok (left) [Provided by Daejeon District Prosecutors' Office. Resale and DB prohibited]
(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Joo-young = A heavy sentence was sentenced to Jeong Myeong-seok (78), the president of the Christian Gospel Mission (commonly known as JMS), who was accused of sexually assaulting and forcibly molesting female believers.
On the 22nd, Daejeon District Court Criminal Division 12 (Chief Judge Na Sang-hoon) sentenced Jeong, who was indicted on charges of quasi-rape and forcible molestation, to 23 years in prison.
Jung Myung-seok was arrested and indicted on charges of molesting or sexually assaulting Maple (29), a female Hong Kong citizen believer, on 23 occasions from February 2018 to September 2021 at the Wolmyeong-dong training center in Jinsan-myeon, Geumsan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, and sexually harassing Amy (30), an Australian female female believers, and a Korean female believers.
He was also put on trial on innocent charges, such as filing a countersuit with the police, claiming that foreign female believers had falsely accused him of sexual crimes. It was investigated that Jeong committed the crime after calling himself the Messiah and brainwashing believers. Jeong's side denied the charges, saying that the female believers were not sexually brainwashed or incapable of resisting, and that he had continuously preached that he was not a god but a human being. The prosecution requested 30 years in prison for Jeong, saying, "He committed sexual crimes against many female believers while pretending to be the Messiah."
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