Jung Myung-seok fled South Korea in 1999 after Korean television broadcaster Seoul Broadcasting System aired its exposé on the alleged sex crimes of Jung on 20 March 1999. He hid in Hong Kong and Mainland China for years before he was extradited from Beijing, China in February 2008 to face the charges in South Korea. [6]

Providence (then commonly known as JMS) leader Jung Myung-seok fled Korea in 1999 after Korean public broadcaster SBS reported on the rampant sexual abuse allegedly committed by Jung, and several civil lawsuits were subsequently filed against him.

2023年3月5日 · Despite his decade in prison, Myeong-Seok apparently did not stop assaulting his female followers. Majorly in part to the story shared by Maple Yip, an ex-JMS member, Myeong-Seok was once again arrested in October 2022 and, as of writing, awaits trials. Based in Wolmyeongdong, South Korea, the JMS Church is still in operation in South Korea.

The Daejeon District Court in central South Korea said that it handed the prison term to Jeong Myeong-seok after convicting him of sexual violence against three of his female followers from 2018-2021. Jeong, 78, is leader of the Christian Gospel Mission in South Korea, which is also known as Jesus Morning Star, or JMS.

2023年3月6日 · The show’s first scene is a snippet of an interview with Maple, a victim of the cult Christian Gospel Mission (also known as JMS or Providence). Within the first ten minutes of the series, audiences were shocked at her confessions that she was sexually assaulted by the leader Jeong Myeong Seok and the voice recordings of him assaulting her.

2023年3月12日 · SEOUL – Among the four Korean religious cult leaders featured in Netflix’s latest Korean documentary series, In The Name Of God: A Holy Betrayal, Mr Jeong Myeong-seok – the leader of the...

2017年12月10日 · Mr Daley, who has been harassed and taken to court by JMS, concluded that the organisation "is just existing to serve [Jeong's] needs as a serial rapist". He has unearthed videos produced by the group which support this view. In one video, he says, four or five naked women are seen dancing around chanting "Seonsaengnim, we love you!"

2023年5月20日 · However, the church has been called a “sex cult” in the media due to the numerous allegations of sexual assaults made towards their leader and founder, Jung Myung-Seok. While the cult vehemently denies these allegations, Myung-Seok was convicted of rape by the Supreme Court of Korea and sentenced to a decade of imprisonment in 2009.

2023年7月2日 · As they were being groomed, 8300 kilometres away in Daejeon, South Korea, JMS was serving a 10-year prison sentence for sexual violence against four Providence members after being convicted of rape in 2008.

2024年6月30日 · Through Netflix’s ‘In the Name of God,’ people worldwide learn about some of the most prominent and controversial religious figures in recent South Korean history. The documentary series paints a horrific but gruesome picture of the crimes perpetrated by these people and the impact they had on their followers and victims.