South Korea's Supreme Court sentences JMS ”number two” to seven years in prison for aiding and abetting sexual assaults on female followers

The head of the religious organization "Christian Gospel Mission" (JMS, or Providence), which targets female believers, is suspected of being involved in a sexual crime committed by its president, Jeong Myeong-seok (79).
The number two, Kim Ji-seon (Jung Jo-eun), was sentenced to seven years in prison. On the 8th, the Supreme Court of Korea upheld the sentence for aiding and abetting quasi-rape and aiding and abetting indecent assault.
Kim, who was indicted on all charges, was sentenced to seven years in prison, ordered to complete 80 hours of a sexual assault treatment program, and was subject to a 10-year employment restriction.
Defendant A, the head of the Women's Civil Affairs Bureau, who participated in the crime, was also sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to take a sexual violence treatment program.
In addition, female executive B, who had brainwashed the president into believing that President Chung's sexual assaults were a blessing from God, was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, suspended for three years, and social security payments.
He was given a 120-hour community service order, an order to attend a 40-hour sexual violence treatment class, and a three-year work restriction. The court said, "The original court's guilty decision violated the laws of logic and experience, exceeded the limits of the principle of free judgment, and
"There was no error that influenced the verdict through a misunderstanding of the legal principles regarding the admissibility of the evidence or the existence of the crimes of quasi-rape, aiding and abetting quasi-rape, and aiding and abetting indecent assault."
Kim, who is known as JMS's number two and successor to President Chung, assaulted a female Hong Kong follower named Maple (30) between March and April 2018.
He was arrested and indicted on suspicion of aiding Chairman Chung in a quasi-rape crime, handing him a pair of pajamas and telling him to "protect God and sleep here."
Defendant A, the head of the Civil Petition Bureau, said that Maple had complained about being sexually assaulted by President Chung, but
On the contrary, he said, "That is God's dramatic love," and took Maple to the training center in Wolmyeong-dong. On September 14, 2021, he took Maple to Chairman Chung, who
He is accused of waiting nearby during the crimes. The first trial ruled that he "was not merely present at the crime scenes, but was also directly involved in some of the crimes and took the lead in deifying Chairman Chung."
Kim was sentenced to seven years in prison, and the other defendants were sentenced to three to six months in prison depending on their level of involvement. Two of the defendants, including the one who confessed, were given one to three year suspensions of execution of their sentences.
The prosecution appealed the ruling, arguing that the sentences for all the defendants were too light, and sought a 15-year prison sentence for Kim in the second trial. The second trial court found that the sentence given in the first trial was justified.
"They brainwashed the victims into believing that Chairman Chun was the Messiah, and while they knew about his sexual crimes against the victims who were unable to resist, they condoned them and played a central role in this crime."
The ruling was: