South Korean police and prosecutors stormed the sect’s headquarters today. Christian evangelistic missionthe plot of a recent Netflix documentary investigating a sexual assault allegedly perpetrated by its founder, jung myung sukagainst the followers of the group.
The troops entered this Thursday into the complex that the sect has in gemmumsanabout 165 km south of Seoul to try to get evidence of these alleged violations.
Jung, 78, has been in pre-trial detention since last year after he was accused by two former sect members from Hong Kong and Australia of abusing them.
Both women talk about their allegations in a documentary. In the name of God: holy betrayal (In the name of God: divine betrayalin Spanish), co-producer Netflix and South Korean network MBS and that he dedicates four of the eight episodes to Jung.
Various complaints
After his preventive arrest, at least three other followers of the group, also known as Jesus Morning Star (JMS) or Providencia accused him of sexual assault.
Jung, who considers himself a messiah, was released from prison in 2018 after spending 10 years behind bars after courts found him guilty of raping and other sexual harassment of several members of the sect, as well as embezzlement.
Recently, a court denied a request by the sect itself to prevent the broadcast of a documentary that compiled countless testimonies from former followers and activists attempting to gather evidence of the abuses that Jung apparently committed over decades and systematically against hundreds (some who believe thousands of even) followers of JMS. (EFE)
Source: RPP
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