Crime and courts · South Korea
JMS leader sentenced to 33 yrs for sexually assaulting 16 female followers
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Jung Myung-seok, the 81-year-old leader of the controversial religious group Christian Gospel Mission, widely known as JMS, was sentenced to an additional 33 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting 16 female followers by exploiting his religious authority. The Daejeon District Court found Jung guilty of charges including quasi-rape, which applies to cases of rape in which the victim is unabe to resist, ruling that he repeatedly sexually abused female followers by exploiting his absolute a
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