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THE FOLLOWING EPISODE CONTAINS
DESCRIPTIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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INVOLVING MINORS,
WHICH MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME VIEWERS
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IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW
HAS EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ABUSE
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FOR MORE INFORMATION AND CRISIS RESOURCES
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[Kim Do-hyeong] We got a call from
the Ministry of State Security of China,
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the equivalent of South Korea's
Intelligence Service.
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They called us
and they told us that they believed
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they had Jeong Myeong-seok
under arrest in Beijing.
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[man] Jeong Myeong-seok
evaded police officers
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during their first attempt
to bring him in.
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Even though Myeong-seok was able
to elude arrest this time,
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officers continued to pursue the case.
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Just 17 days after
the first attempt to arrest him,
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Jeong Myeong-seok was detained
by police officers.
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[Do-hyeong] He was arrested in Beijing
in May of 2007.
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JMS PRESIDENT ARRESTED
BY CHINESE PUBLIC SECURITY OFFICERS
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It felt great, of course.
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[Do-hyeong] After I got off the phone,
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I went out to a bar to get some drinks
because I was so excited.
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[Kim Hong-il] We were very happy
and we celebrated.
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[man] After Jeong Myeong-seok's arrest,
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the facade of an arrogant
leader of a cult vanished.
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He was a completely different person,
and displayed very strange behaviors.
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In relation to his crimes,
he denied all his wrongdoing.
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He also denied his offenses,
including the money and sex crimes.
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In the Bible, Jesus was always confident.
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He never made excuses for his actions.
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When Jeong was arrested,
he was on the run.
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That's the opposite
of what Jesus would do.
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[Kim Hyeong-jin] He actually said he did
not believe he was the Messiah or Jesus.
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Instead, he kept saying that
he was simply a pastor of a church.
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[man] While he was being questioned
about his crimes,
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he started acting insane
and tried to gain sympathy
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in order to escape the questions
of the public security officer.
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[moaning]
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[moaning slowed down]
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IN THE NAME OF GOD: A HOLY BETRAYAL
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JMS, MESSIAH WITH ELECTRONIC ANKLETS
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[choral church music]
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2007
THE ARREST
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2012
MAPLE JOINS THE CHURCH
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[poignant music]
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I was born in Canada.
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[chuckles]
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That's my mom and dad. The baby is me.
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I was born at the end of March,
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and my parents said that it suddenly
started snowing that night.
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My parents used to say
that it was like a miracle.
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Both of them really loved me very much.
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[speaking English] My name is Maple Yip.
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I'm from Hong Kong. I'm 28 years old.
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[interpreter] My name is Maple.
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I'm from Hong Kong,
and I'm 29 years old in Korean age.
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MAPLE, FORMER MEMBER OF JMS
SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM
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I was in my second year of high school.
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[sniffles]
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I was doing shopping at a mall in
Causeway Bay with my sister and a friend.
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HONG KONG
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They approached us by saying
that they were college students.
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Then one of them kept on calling me.
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Mmm...
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She wanted to meet up and talk with me.
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[sighs]
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Um...
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I was having some trouble at school.
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I was having some issues.
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Basically, I was bullied
all the time at school.
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And also...
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my parents weren't getting along...
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so I was... having a hard time.
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I was depressed.
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I didn't know why I had to keep on living
or what love really meant.
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And that was just...
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I was depressed and in a very bad place
because of that.
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I had no one to talk to.
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[heavy rainfall]
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So eventually,
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I asked her, "What's the meaning of life?
What is love?"
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Then she started to talk to me
about the Bible.
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She explained to me that God created
man with a purpose, you know?
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That's what they said at JMS,
that our purpose was love.
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God... loves us.
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He loves us so much
that it can't be put it into words.
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The Lord loves us
even a million times more
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than any parent loves their child.
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Is that clear?
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I was so moved when I heard him say that.
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I couldn't believe that the possibility
of a love like that existed.
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That's how I ended up joining JMS.
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I used to drink, meet up with guys...
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I used to smoke. All of that.
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So...
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when I confessed that
I used to live like that,
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he told me to worship
the Lord with a pure heart
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because he loves me, and I was his bride.
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Always keep yourself pure.
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You must be clean and chaste.
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And your spirit must be pure as well.
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Is that clear?
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[Maple] I thought that
because I had been forgiven...
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and therefore had become
a pure person again... [laughs]
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...that I...
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had become a pure...
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bride of God as well.
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2012
MAPLE JOINS THE CHURCH
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2008
REPATRIATION OF JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
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[Do-hyeong] Again, we heard that he'd be
extradited from China to Korea soon,
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at the request of our government.
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You see, we didn't anticipate
that situation,
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because being handcuffed,
arrested and then...
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investigated and questioned...
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PASTOR KIM GYEONG-CHEON
EX-VICE-PRESIDENT OF JMS
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That wasn't something
we were prepared for.
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[woman] When Jeong was brought
to Korea after getting arrested in China...
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FORMER MEMBER
ANTI-JMS ACTIVIST
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...his past indictments were uncovered,
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so the authorities scheduled
a criminal trial.
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GWANAK-GU, SEXUAL ASSAULT
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HOTEL IN BUSAN, SEXUAL ASSAULT
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WOLMYEONGDONG (HQ), SEXUAL ASSAULT
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WOLMYEONGDONG (HQ), GROUP SEX
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JEONG'S HOUSE IN SEOUL, SEXUAL ASSAULT
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YEONGDONG CHURCH,
HEOILA CONDO IN GYEONGJU, SEXUAL ASSAULT
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KUALA LUMPUR, SEXUAL HARASSMENT
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HONG KONG,
ANSHAN, LIAONING, SEXUAL ASSAULT
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I tried so hard to resolve
his legal issues.
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I even... took my house's down payment
and gave it to the attorneys.
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I met up with the victims
to get them to settle.
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And I tried to hire a law firm
to obtain his acquittal.
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They followed me and asked me to settle
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even before Jeong Myeong-seok
was arrested and extradited.
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And after the trial started,
I guess they were more desperate,
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because they followed me home.
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They said they would pay
me half a million dollars,
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then they offered a million,
then even a blank check.
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NOVEMBER 2000
VICTIM'S COURT TESTIMONY
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[man] Is it true that
during the first trial,
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an alleged bodyguard of Jeong Myeong-seok
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sat in the corner of this courtroom
and tried to intimidate you?
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[woman] Yes. He kept staring at me.
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[man] Is it also true that Jeong
Myeong-seok has ordered his bodyguards
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to catch you and threaten to kill you
and your sisters?
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[woman] Yes, that's true.
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They told us they would kill us
if they caught us.
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I remember one person ended up dropping
out, but the remaining were relentless.
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He was sentenced to six years
in prison at the first trial.
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VERDICT: SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPE,
FORCED AND QUASI-FORCED MOLESTATION
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THE DEFENDANT SHALL BE SENTENCED
TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON
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[unsettling music]
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[no dialogue]
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[muffled groans]
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KIM DO-HYEONG ANTI-JMS ACTIVIST, PROFESSOR
OF MATHEMATICS AT DANKOOK UNIVERSITY
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While the victim from Hong Kong testified
about the sexual assault she suffered,
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this bastard suddenly cried,
"I can't breathe!"
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Then he made gagging noises.
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He was foaming from the mouth.
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[moans]
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Then he started convulsing.
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DECEMBER 4, 2008
IN THE APPEALS COURT
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[woman] They even called an ambulance,
but the paramedics examined him
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and said there was
absolutely nothing wrong with him.
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We thought his blood pressure
had risen or something,
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but everything was normal.
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So the prosecutor asked the attorneys,
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"Are you... putting on a show for us?"
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Seriously, what kind of a Messiah is that?
He's such a coward.
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KIM HONG-IL
ANTI-JMS ACTIVIST
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He's useless. How could anyone
believe anything he says and does?
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2008, INTERROGATION OF CRIMINAL SUSPECT
JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
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Q: IS IT TRUE THAT THE THREE WOMEN
WERE NAKED AT THAT TIME?
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A: THEY WERE NAKED BUT THEY HAD
A TOWEL COVERING THEIR LOWER BODY
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SO ALMOST NAKED
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Q: SO IT IS TRUE
THAT YOU WERE WITH THREE NAKED WOMEN
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WHILE YOU WERE ALSO NAKED
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A: THEY SUDDENLY PULLED DOWN MY PANTS
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SO I WAS NAKED,
THEN I JUST HUGGED EACH OF THEM ONCE
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Q: DID YOU PENETRATE THEM?
A: I DIDN'T PENETRATE ANYONE
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I JUST HUGGED THE WOMEN WHILE I WAS NAKED
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Q: ACCORDING TO 30 OUTLINES,
IS IT TRUE THAT YOU EMPHASIZE CHASTITY
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AS WELL AS ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND SEX?
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A: YES, THOSE ARE STRICTLY BANNED
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Q: THEN, WHAT YOU DID WITH YOUR FOLLOWERS
GOES AGAINST THAT DOCTRINE, DOESN'T IT?
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A: YES, IT DOES
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KIM HYEONG-JIN,
PARTICIPANT OF INTERROGATION
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They conducted a confrontational
interrogation of Jeong.
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And during the questioning,
he got down on his knees
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with his palms together and begged,
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saying, "I'm so sorry, sir.
Please forgive me."
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And as I saw him there,
kneeling and crawling,
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I thought it was absurd.
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[man] Did he really beg with his hands?
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Yeah, like this.
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He got on his knees
in front of the prosecutor,
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begging with his hands.
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What if you can't see God?
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If you can't, just look at me.
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You don't need to search for God.
I am God.
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I asked, "Are you the Messiah?"
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He said, "I never said I was the Messiah."
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It was puzzling.
His pronunciation was a mess, too.
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So, this man who claimed he was
the Messiah to rape those women
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denied calling himself the Messiah
when he was put on the stand,
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and even said that he wasn't the Messiah.
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PASTOR KIM GYEONG-CHEON
EX-VICE-PRESIDENT OF JMS"
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I mean, he did call himself the Messiah.
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He called himself the groom.
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That's why we worked so hard for him.
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It didn't make sense
to deny being the Messiah.
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[dramatic music]
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When he said that he was not the Messiah,
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we thought, "If he's not,
then what are we?"
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"We gave him our bodies,
hearts, and love."
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"We followed him for years."
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"He can't just say that he's
not the Messiah."
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I learned a woman jumped
off of her apartment building.
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She was in the photography
department of the church.
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Saying that he was not
the Messiah at that point
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could lead to deaths.
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2008
REPATRIATION OF JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
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2009
THE PRESIDENT GOES TO PRISON
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The Supreme Court confirmed the ten-year
sentence for Jeong Myeong-seok,
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president and leader of JMS,
who had been arrested
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for sexually assaulting
his female followers.
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Aaah!
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Honestly...
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I hoped he'd get 20 or 30 years in prison.
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There are so many victims.
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When Jeong Myeong-seok was sentenced
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to serve ten years in prison,
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I remember thinking
he would either die in prison,
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or maybe, if he were to get out,
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he wouldn't be able to be a pastor anymore
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and that JMS would dissolve too.
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[woman] As soon as he got back to Korea,
he spent ten months
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transcribing the messages, proverbs,
and psalms
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given to him by a saint in China.
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Then he lay on the cross,
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praying or the sins
of all the people of this era.
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JEONG MYEONG-SEOK'S VOICE
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When I was there, I spent my time
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spreading joy to the world
and fighting off evil.
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Because I was following God's will
in bearing the sins of all mankind,
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it was completely worthwhile.
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I love leading people to salvation.
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Basically, he thinks it's unfair
that he ended up in prison for ten years.
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He considered his electronic anklets
to be a burden.
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I didn't try to find out
who he really was.
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The followers said that it was all lies.
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They said that the victims
were selling out... the Lord.
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And I believed them,
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like an idiot.
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INMATE NUMBER 1178
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[Gyeong-cheon] His inmate number at
Daejeon Correctional Institution was 1178.
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PRAYER AT 1 AM
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He said that if you pray at one a.m.,
at one p.m., and then at seven p.m...
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PRAYER AT 1 PM
PRAYER AT 7 PM
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your life will be eight times better.
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LIFE EIGHT TIMES BETTER
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Also, the total length of the Korean
peninsula is 1,178 kilometers.
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Finally, Jeong Myeong-seok's
birthday is March 16th.
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He said March 16th is for John 3:16,
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which reads, "For God so loved the world
that He gave His one and only Son."
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Therefore, Jeong Myeong-seok is Jesus.
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[Maple] She asked me to go
to a hotel with her to go swimming,
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and told me to bring my bikini.
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So I brought my bikini with me.
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She said, "Let's take some pictures
to send to the Lord and then swim."
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I was a bit surprised,
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but nobody else seemed bothered by it.
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So I just took the pictures in my bikini.
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Because they were for the Lord,
who loved me.
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PICTURES SENT TO JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON
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This is me. This is how the so-called
"stars" sent their pictures to him.
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AN AUTOGRAPH FROM JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON
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And look, he signed it himself.
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Even in prison, Jeong received pictures
of his female followers in bikinis,
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and when he saw a woman that he liked,
he'd make her come visit him.
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FRONT OF DAEJEON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
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Over there...
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You go in there, and you show them
your passport or your official ID.
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Back then, we were all so excited
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because we were going to go meet our Lord.
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[poignant music]
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I cried because I was so moved.
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I cried so much there.
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I was just so thankful
that I was able to see him.
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Not everybody in the world
got to do it, you know?
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I thought it was a great opportunity
given to me by God.
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There's an apartment
complex near the prison.
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I went there two or three times.
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From the terrace,
you can see this one spot in the prison.
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Every day, at one p.m.,
Jeong Myeong-seok came out to exercise.
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I used to stand on the terrace
and pick up a mop.
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I would rub it on the window in
a wavy motion over and over again,
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so Jeong Myeong-seok could see it
and know that we were there.
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One time, I was there
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and he wrote on the wall
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"Maple," with his hand.
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And when he did that,
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I was so moved, I cried.
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[sniffles]
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[sighs]
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Dear God.
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Our Lord is suffering so much there
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for all of us...
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for all of mankind...
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and for all of our sins...
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I'll spread the Word to more people.
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So, please,
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let the Lord get released soon.
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2018
THE PRESIDENT'S RELEASE
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[man] Jeong Myeong-seok, the leader
of JMS, the Christian Gospel Mission
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was released after serving
ten years in prison.
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Mr. Jeong will have to wear
an electronic anklet for seven years.
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It felt like some kind of vermin
had escaped from the zoo.
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Like a monster that was far more
dangerous than a tiger or a bear
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had broken out of its cage
and into the world.
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[ominous music]
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SEX OFFENDERS
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JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
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SERVED TEN YEARS IN PRISON
PUBLIC INFORMATION MADE PUBLIC
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AND A NOTICE OF PROXIMITY
TO NEARBY RESIDENTS FOR TEN YEARS
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JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
JINSAN-MYEON, GEUMSAN-GUN
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- [man 1] Thank you!
- [cheering and applause]
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- [Myeong-seok] I want a better reaction.
- [man 2] Okay!
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- [Myeong-seok] Come on!
- [group] Praise!
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If you don't respond,
you're gonna be a rebel!
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- [group] Amen!
- [yelling]
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If you're gonna do it,
you have to do it right!
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Or don't do it at all!
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- [group] Yes!
- [woman] Yes, Lord!
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Did you hear the Lord's voice?
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[group] I hear!
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It's a 6,000-year-old history. So answer!
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- [group] Amen!
- Answer!
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- [group] Yes!
- [woman] I'm sorry, Lord!
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There's no need to fear death!
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[group] Yes!
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Get a grip and move forward!
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- [crowd] Amen!
- [group] We will!
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- [cheering]
- [man] Yes!
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[in Korean]
♪ It is the working of rapture ♪
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♪ And the working of love ♪
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♪ With God and the Holy Spirit ♪
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♪ I will do it ♪
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- ♪ Without any regrets ♪
- [crowd cheering]
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[upbeat pop music]
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[in Korean]
♪ You are the very best, my Lord ♪
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[crowd] ♪ The best, the best, the best ♪
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♪ You are our one and only Lord ♪
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[crowd] ♪ You're the only one... ♪
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[Maple] I remember I sang and danced
at a lot of official events to help.
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I did it to give him glory.
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Jeong Myeong-seok
loves to make people sing.
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He made me sing, too,
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and people really enjoyed my shows.
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So, Jeong said, "She's pretty good
at singing, appoint her as a singer."
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[woman on video]
They're enthusiastic cheerleaders!
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We have two of them right here.
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[lively pop music]
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[in Korean] ♪ Rise and shine your light ♪
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But it was so exhausting.
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I begged them to stop making me sing,
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so they told me
that I should be the news anchor. [laughs]
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I pray that you will all bring peace
on Earth and glory to the Lord.
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Providence News, Jeong Soo-jeong.
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Jeong Myeong-seok came up with that name.
Jeong Soo-jeong.
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Since we came to this history
receiving the greatest...
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I did a lot of things
during those ten years.
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I did some modeling
and street missionary work.
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Later, I also served
as a probationer and a pastor.
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I pray that the flames of the Holy Spirit
will be given to us this year.
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[congregation responds]
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[echoing] My Lord!
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My Lord!
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[woman, in English] In terms of
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fame inside of Providence, then yeah.
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AMY
FORMER JMS FOLLOWER
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She was one of the more famous members.
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One of the first times I learnt about her...
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[clears throat]
...JMS had just come out of prison,
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and he brought her up to the stage.
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Ah, she's really, um... loved by him.
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[laughs] Like, she's really, uh...
really loved by God.
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[Maple speaking Korean]
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[interpreter] When I was a new member,
it was pretty hard
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to love such a weird old man,
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so I used
to pray for three hours every day.
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I begged the Lord...
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[sighs]...to please help me
love Jeong Myeong-seok.
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[thoughtful music]
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[Myeong-seok] Whoa!
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[woman] Whoa.
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- [Maple] It's cool!
- [Myeong-seok] Let's go.
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- We'll come back later, get on.
- [woman] Hurry, get on the cart.
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[laughter]
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[clapping]
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MAPLE
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- [cheering]
- [woman] Isn't this fun!
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[Maple] Come on!
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JEONG MYEONG-SEOK
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[woman] The Pastor's the best!
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00:25:52,300 --> 00:25:54,052
Wow, the Pastor is the best!
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00:25:54,135 --> 00:25:56,513
- You're the best!
- [cheering]
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00:25:56,596 --> 00:25:58,139
[Maple] You're the best!
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[Maple] Once, he sent me a letter
while he was still in prison.
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It read, "When I get out,
you can sit next to me on the golf cart."
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00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,735
And right after he got released,
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the theme for one of his Sunday sermons
was "Keeping my promises."
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00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:20,453
That day, he actually
let me ride next to him.
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And I thought,
"Wow, he really is the Lord!"
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"He made that promise so many years ago."
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00:26:26,668 --> 00:26:29,754
"He's finally keeping that promise today."
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00:26:30,463 --> 00:26:31,673
[laughs]
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But...
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when I think about it now...
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I was such an idiot.
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We were near Wolmyeongdong, but he wanted
me to come to Cheonggiwa all by myself.
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00:26:59,993 --> 00:27:02,221
CHEONGGIWA: JEONG MYEONG-SEOK'S RESIDENCE
N WOLMYEONGDONG
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A woman called me and said,
"Soo-jeong, he wants you to come over."
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Because I was going to the Lord...
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00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:14,174
[scoffs]...I felt kinda superior, I guess.
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00:27:14,257 --> 00:27:16,426
No one else had been called there
at the time but me.
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00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:20,472
Very few people were
summoned to visit Cheonggiwa.
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When I got there, J was there too.
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I remember the woman saying something
like
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"Soo-jeong,
I need to travel to Seoul tonight,
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so you'll sleep here next to him."
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00:27:34,194 --> 00:27:35,654
[sniffles]
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00:27:35,737 --> 00:27:37,989
"Please let me know if anything happens."
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00:27:41,242 --> 00:27:42,243
So I agreed.
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00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:46,039
I took a shower and changed
into the pajamas they gave me.
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00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,835
Then I put a blanket on the floor
and I went to sleep.
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00:27:51,961 --> 00:27:53,380
I was falling asleep
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00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:56,007
when he suddenly woke up.
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00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:01,846
Then he started laughing
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00:28:01,930 --> 00:28:04,641
and touching my backside,
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00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:07,352
and he put his hand into my pants.
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00:28:09,479 --> 00:28:10,479
Then...
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He... Jeong Myeong-seok
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just put his hand into my vagina.
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00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,539
[exhales]
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00:28:30,166 --> 00:28:31,292
And then...
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00:28:33,044 --> 00:28:38,341
he said, "God has come.
He has given you his love."
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00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:40,927
"He loves you. He has chosen you."
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00:28:44,013 --> 00:28:46,933
"But don't tell your father.
He might misunderstand."
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00:28:52,105 --> 00:28:56,526
After that incident, I got absolutely
confused, so I decided to call J.
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00:28:56,609 --> 00:29:02,323
I told her about what had happened
to me and asked her what it was.
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00:29:05,452 --> 00:29:08,872
She said, "Soo-Jeong, can't you
just see that he adores you?"
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00:29:10,957 --> 00:29:12,417
"And you're so pretty."
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00:29:15,837 --> 00:29:20,592
But I told her that I found that too hard
to believe, and that I wanted to leave.
452
00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:24,804
Then J said, "Listen to me.
I left you with him on purpose."
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00:29:29,058 --> 00:29:31,019
"I was trying to give you a chance."
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00:29:33,980 --> 00:29:36,232
I don't know. A chance to be loved.
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00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:40,528
Or maybe a chance
to get closer to the Lord.
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00:29:41,446 --> 00:29:42,614
[scoffs]
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00:29:44,365 --> 00:29:46,367
[crickets chirping]
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00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,666
He called me to Cheonggiwa again.
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00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:59,422
He laid his hands on me to pray,
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00:30:00,423 --> 00:30:01,800
then locked the door.
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00:30:05,261 --> 00:30:07,180
Jeong Myeong-seok looked at me,
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00:30:07,263 --> 00:30:10,141
and he said, "You're so beautiful."
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00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:16,606
He told me to take off my tights.
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00:30:18,024 --> 00:30:22,821
Then he told me to get down on
all fours on the floor like a cat.
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00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:26,825
Back then...
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I just... obeyed him.
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00:30:34,541 --> 00:30:35,541
Then...
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00:30:37,919 --> 00:30:39,379
he penetrated me.
469
00:30:48,596 --> 00:30:50,348
But it didn't go in smoothly.
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00:30:51,474 --> 00:30:53,601
He just kept forcing himself in,
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00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,436
and I started bleeding.
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00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:57,772
It was very painful.
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00:30:57,856 --> 00:30:59,148
[sniffles]
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00:31:00,608 --> 00:31:02,277
So... [sighs]
475
00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:05,196
I just wanted him to stop.
476
00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:10,827
But after he did that,
477
00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:13,830
he said, "You've been raptured now."
478
00:31:14,497 --> 00:31:18,126
"You're so big... and beautiful down here."
479
00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:20,253
[resonating ambient music]
480
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:24,173
[sobs]
481
00:31:25,508 --> 00:31:27,135
"You should never change."
482
00:31:42,483 --> 00:31:44,485
[heavy rainfall]
483
00:31:47,906 --> 00:31:49,490
But I endured it all.
484
00:31:56,164 --> 00:31:57,749
Because he was the Messiah.
485
00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:01,252
Because I was afraid I'd go to hell.
486
00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:05,924
I always thought I was the real problem.
487
00:32:08,301 --> 00:32:09,510
So I tried...
488
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:13,598
so, so hard.
489
00:32:13,681 --> 00:32:15,058
[sniffles]
490
00:32:15,141 --> 00:32:16,434
He's disgusting.
491
00:32:19,145 --> 00:32:22,899
I hate everything about him
from his personality to his looks.
492
00:32:25,568 --> 00:32:26,945
I begged God
493
00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:32,283
so many times and days to give me
the opportunity to love that old man.
494
00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:34,410
I used to punish myself.
495
00:32:34,494 --> 00:32:35,995
[sobbing]
496
00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:37,789
Even though I was in so much pain,
497
00:32:37,872 --> 00:32:40,541
I kept thinking,
"How can you be so ungrateful?"
498
00:32:42,168 --> 00:32:44,837
"How can you think like that
when the Lord loves you so much?"
499
00:32:44,921 --> 00:32:50,843
MAPLE'S SELF-HARM
500
00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:58,101
[Myeong-seok] If you abide by the Lord's
will, you'll never go to hell.
501
00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:00,311
Why would you go to hell?
502
00:33:00,395 --> 00:33:03,564
If you follow me, you won't,
because I won't go either.
503
00:33:06,859 --> 00:33:08,653
AMY, FORMER JMS MEMBER
SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM
504
00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:10,780
[in English] So, my name is Amy.
I'm Australian.
505
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:17,495
I became a Christian
when I was around 18, 19 years old. And...
506
00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:24,252
then I was brought into Providence,
where I became, uh... a bride.
507
00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:30,508
I was encouraged to come
because I needed to repent,
508
00:33:30,591 --> 00:33:36,389
in person, of a sin that I committed,
uh... while I was in Providence before that.
509
00:33:39,559 --> 00:33:42,562
He kept laughing at me because I sucked.
510
00:33:42,645 --> 00:33:48,609
But, for me, I thought, "Wow, I'm really
close to him. Like, this is great."
511
00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:54,699
JMS' main assistant, and she told me,
"Seonsaengnim wants to meet with you."
512
00:33:55,616 --> 00:33:59,203
And so I was so nervous.
I sudden... I was like, "Me?"
513
00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:02,999
Like, I thought, "Wow. I'm so shocked."
514
00:34:03,082 --> 00:34:05,418
Really nervous, but really excited.
515
00:34:06,669 --> 00:34:08,463
I followed her out of the room,
516
00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:11,549
and then she led me into another room.
517
00:34:11,632 --> 00:34:13,843
A private room
that I hadn't been in before.
518
00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:20,892
And I went behind the divider,
and immediately, of course, I saw JMS.
519
00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:28,483
He went and sat down on a chair.
A very, uh, antique-looking chair.
520
00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:31,152
And he called me over
to stand in front of him.
521
00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:36,783
He lifted up my skirt and he put his hand,
522
00:34:36,866 --> 00:34:41,329
not over my underwear,
but directly into my underwear,
523
00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:44,457
and started feeling my genitals.
524
00:34:49,087 --> 00:34:50,671
I was so shocked,
525
00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:55,051
because up until that point,
I really thought, "This is impossible."
526
00:34:55,134 --> 00:34:58,304
"Is the Messiah allowed to do this?"
527
00:34:58,387 --> 00:35:00,515
And in that split second that it happened,
528
00:35:01,015 --> 00:35:04,894
and those thoughts went in my head,
I immediately looked to Maple. [laughs]
529
00:35:09,816 --> 00:35:14,612
Some "stars" couldn't speak Korean,
so I used to go and interpret for them.
530
00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:19,951
[Amy] She saw, like, I...
I had panic in my eyes.
531
00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,954
And I looked at her,
like, she just looked so normal,
532
00:35:23,037 --> 00:35:25,039
and she just said,
"Don't worry, it's fine."
533
00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:27,333
Exactly like that. Like, "Don't worry."
534
00:35:28,417 --> 00:35:30,461
[unsettling music]
535
00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:41,055
[in English] "It's okay. Don't worry."
536
00:35:41,764 --> 00:35:42,890
[interpreter] Like that.
537
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:48,688
I was acting just like
the other women did before me.
538
00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:52,525
They always acted like nothing
was wrong, so I did that too.
539
00:35:57,238 --> 00:35:59,073
I saw her as an enabler.
540
00:35:59,782 --> 00:36:01,951
Back then, I was brainwashed.
541
00:36:02,034 --> 00:36:05,204
I did it because I thought it was
what I was supposed to do.
542
00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:10,960
Now when I think about it,
I feel so sorry for that girl.
543
00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:19,927
[Yun-ju] By acting like that
was completely normal,
544
00:36:20,553 --> 00:36:24,473
you become both the victim...
and the perpetrator.
545
00:36:25,558 --> 00:36:27,018
It's a vicious cycle.
546
00:36:27,101 --> 00:36:29,270
But while you're in it,
you can't see that.
547
00:36:30,104 --> 00:36:31,439
And when you're out,
548
00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:35,526
you get confused about whether
you were the victim or the perpetrator.
549
00:36:40,406 --> 00:36:44,327
It was so confusing, but I couldn't
talk about it to anybody.
550
00:36:44,410 --> 00:36:48,456
It directly went against
the doctrine that I had been taught.
551
00:36:49,165 --> 00:36:54,503
I thought, "Do I need to reach a higher
level of knowledge to understand this?"
552
00:36:55,755 --> 00:36:57,715
[Amy] And then these are my notes.
553
00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:00,218
[exhales]
554
00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:03,346
"I could barely sleep at night,
thinking about the event,
555
00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:05,181
but I think I know why he did it."
556
00:37:05,765 --> 00:37:10,228
"He was cleaning me,
forgiving me, and making me his."
557
00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:15,149
"I thought about how Jesus did
strange things when he made miracles."
558
00:37:17,693 --> 00:37:20,529
You would think that, you know,
559
00:37:20,613 --> 00:37:24,450
I would have realized what just happened
was actually an assault.
560
00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:26,160
That it was a crime.
561
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,663
But I...
562
00:37:30,206 --> 00:37:32,625
I was very, very brainwashed.
563
00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:39,006
[Maple] One day...
564
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:43,636
one of the "stars" from abroad who used
to live with me sent me a text message.
565
00:37:45,346 --> 00:37:48,182
She said that the other "stars"
had gotten assaulted too,
566
00:37:49,141 --> 00:37:51,727
and that something
must have also happened to me,
567
00:37:51,811 --> 00:37:54,105
since I was so close to Jeong Myeong-seok.
568
00:37:56,065 --> 00:37:58,418
RECORDING OF PHONE CALL
BETWEEN MAPLE AND A FOREIGN FOLLOWER
569
00:37:58,442 --> 00:38:01,320
[woman, in English] I really think
you should leave. Sneak out.
570
00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:04,031
Like, first, go to Hong Kong.
571
00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:05,992
You know?
You have to go back to Hong Kong.
572
00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:09,412
If you think that she's not gonna
let you go back, or that she's gonna,
573
00:38:09,495 --> 00:38:13,457
you know, grab you or anything,
just sneak out.
574
00:38:22,842 --> 00:38:26,679
[Maple] That's when I made the decision
and began planning my escape.
575
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,975
I told them, "I haven't
seen my parents in a year."
576
00:38:31,058 --> 00:38:32,852
"I miss them. I'll be quick."
577
00:38:33,978 --> 00:38:36,230
So, on September 14th
578
00:38:37,356 --> 00:38:38,691
I had to go see him
579
00:38:39,900 --> 00:38:41,444
and say my goodbyes.
580
00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:43,738
[foreboding music]
581
00:38:52,413 --> 00:38:55,082
I got vaccinated that same day,
582
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:57,877
so I unfortunately had a fever.
583
00:39:05,593 --> 00:39:07,011
[speaking tearfully]
584
00:39:07,094 --> 00:39:08,554
But, all night long,
585
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:12,600
even though I had a fever
and was feeling terrible...
586
00:39:15,227 --> 00:39:16,395
[gasps]
587
00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:19,815
...he came into my room again.
588
00:39:19,899 --> 00:39:21,525
[sobbing]
589
00:39:24,737 --> 00:39:26,697
He came in and locked the door
590
00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:29,367
so no one else could come in.
591
00:39:31,327 --> 00:39:34,872
He said he wanted to see "that pose"
just one last time.
592
00:39:49,970 --> 00:39:52,807
THE FOLLOWING CONTENT WAS RECORDED
BY MAPLE, A SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM
593
00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,226
ON THE DAY OF THE ASSAULT
AT WOLMYEONGDONG (JMS HQ)
594
00:39:55,309 --> 00:39:57,395
WE REVEAL THIS RECORDING
WITH MAPLE'S CONSENT
595
00:39:58,479 --> 00:39:59,479
[Myeong-seok] Hug me.
596
00:40:01,565 --> 00:40:02,733
Hug me tight.
597
00:40:04,402 --> 00:40:06,237
- [Maple sobs]
- Say you love the Lord.
598
00:40:07,029 --> 00:40:08,781
[Maple] I love you, my Lord.
599
00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:13,035
[Myeong-seok] Touch me here again.
It's bigger.
600
00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:15,996
It's so amazing when you do that.
601
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,874
When a man hugs a woman,
he gets so damn hard.
602
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:19,792
[slapping sound]
603
00:40:19,875 --> 00:40:21,335
You have such wide hips.
604
00:40:21,419 --> 00:40:22,711
[slapping]
605
00:40:22,795 --> 00:40:24,505
You have wide hips, Soo-Jeong.
606
00:40:25,047 --> 00:40:26,757
[Maple whimpering]
607
00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:33,347
- [Myeong-seok] Do you like that?
- [Maple whimpering]
608
00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,975
Did you come? Did you come?
609
00:40:37,017 --> 00:40:38,227
[Maple] Uh-huh...
610
00:40:38,310 --> 00:40:39,437
[Myeong-seok] Are you wet?
611
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:40,771
[Maple murmurs]
612
00:40:40,855 --> 00:40:42,624
- [Myeong-seok] Are you really wet?
- [murmurs]
613
00:40:42,648 --> 00:40:44,191
[slapping]
614
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:46,235
[Myeong-seok] How many times did you come?
615
00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:49,405
Three times? 20 times? Four times?
616
00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:52,491
I came, like, 50 times.
617
00:40:53,075 --> 00:40:54,075
Fifty!
618
00:40:54,994 --> 00:40:57,204
You see, God has chosen you like this.
619
00:40:59,206 --> 00:41:01,250
Make sure that nobody touches this.
620
00:41:02,376 --> 00:41:04,044
Because this belongs to the Lord.
621
00:41:13,179 --> 00:41:15,181
[breathing shakily]
622
00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:24,690
Thank you.
623
00:41:25,191 --> 00:41:27,193
[quiet piano music]
624
00:41:37,077 --> 00:41:38,329
I mean...
625
00:41:38,913 --> 00:41:41,207
I was feeling unwell and had a fever.
626
00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:48,339
What he did was disgusting
and so perverted.
627
00:41:51,675 --> 00:41:54,261
If he actually loved me,
he wouldn't have done that.
628
00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:56,305
It was extremely disgusting.
629
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:02,186
But I was so scared that something bad
might happen to me
630
00:42:02,269 --> 00:42:04,271
that I acted like nothing was wrong.
631
00:42:08,776 --> 00:42:11,737
I kept calling out to the Lord
as he was raping me.
632
00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:17,785
[sobbing]
633
00:42:23,582 --> 00:42:28,629
I asked him. I asked him why I was
going through something like that.
634
00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:40,224
To be honest, after that happened to me,
635
00:42:40,849 --> 00:42:43,644
I thought about killing
myself every single day.
636
00:42:51,610 --> 00:42:54,280
And now... I feel like...
637
00:42:55,573 --> 00:42:57,032
I need to do this.
638
00:42:58,534 --> 00:43:00,369
I want to expose the truth
639
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:03,330
and make sure that...
640
00:43:04,915 --> 00:43:06,834
there aren't any more victims like me.
641
00:43:09,378 --> 00:43:12,506
So, they will do anything
to try and stop members...
642
00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:15,593
So of course they're going to tell them
these things, but...
643
00:43:15,676 --> 00:43:18,304
[sighs] Because they know that...
644
00:43:19,096 --> 00:43:23,183
we have the experiences and the stories
645
00:43:23,976 --> 00:43:26,478
that can ruin their religion.
646
00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:32,026
That can put their precious... Messiah
back into prison.
647
00:43:43,537 --> 00:43:45,873
2018
THE PRESIDENT'S RELEASE
648
00:43:48,834 --> 00:43:53,130
2022
THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON MARCH 16
649
00:43:54,131 --> 00:43:58,010
SEOUL
MARCH 16, 2022
650
00:43:58,886 --> 00:44:00,971
MAPLE, WHO HAD GONE TO HONG KONG,
RETURNED TO KOREA
651
00:44:01,055 --> 00:44:03,140
AFTER FIVE MONTHS
TO ATTEND THE PRESS CONFERENCE
652
00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,310
[somber ambient music]
653
00:44:09,980 --> 00:44:11,607
[man] As we announced earlier,
654
00:44:11,690 --> 00:44:14,943
the victim who agreed to share
her testimony with us today
655
00:44:15,027 --> 00:44:18,364
got severe stomach cramps because
she felt under a lot of pressure.
656
00:44:18,405 --> 00:44:19,645
PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE VICTIMS
657
00:44:19,698 --> 00:44:22,135
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY JMS LEADER
AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM PRISON
658
00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:25,371
She had to stop by a hospital,
so she'll be here later than expected.
659
00:44:40,803 --> 00:44:41,804
[coughs]
660
00:44:41,887 --> 00:44:44,139
[retching]
661
00:44:47,601 --> 00:44:49,144
[moans]
662
00:44:53,148 --> 00:44:55,818
[man] Should we cancel the conference
and go back?
663
00:44:55,901 --> 00:44:57,486
What do you want to do?
664
00:44:58,904 --> 00:45:00,656
- Huh?
- [Maple] Uh...
665
00:45:00,739 --> 00:45:02,658
- [man] What?
- [Maple] I'll do it.
666
00:45:02,741 --> 00:45:04,118
[retches]
667
00:45:17,214 --> 00:45:19,049
[groans and coughs]
668
00:45:22,177 --> 00:45:24,513
Not even God will be able to stop me.
669
00:45:26,014 --> 00:45:27,391
[man sighs]
670
00:45:31,979 --> 00:45:33,981
[somber ambient music continues]
671
00:46:11,518 --> 00:46:17,399
YIP MAPLE YING TUNG HUEN
A VICTIM OF JMS
672
00:46:18,484 --> 00:46:22,321
[Do-hyeong] The first time I visited
a JMS church was in the year 1995.
673
00:46:22,905 --> 00:46:26,325
At that time, Maple would've been
a baby wearing a diaper,
674
00:46:26,408 --> 00:46:28,243
she probably couldn't even walk yet.
675
00:46:28,911 --> 00:46:30,078
Now that baby
676
00:46:31,163 --> 00:46:34,166
is sitting there as another
victim of sexual assault.
677
00:46:36,835 --> 00:46:38,670
What are we gonna do about him?
678
00:46:41,924 --> 00:46:44,402
SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM LEE YUN-JU (ANONYM)
JOINED IN 1992 AT 19
679
00:46:44,426 --> 00:46:45,803
I cried so much, I felt so bad.
680
00:46:47,721 --> 00:46:49,556
I should have been the one to do it.
681
00:46:50,057 --> 00:46:51,558
Because she's so young.
682
00:46:52,559 --> 00:46:56,063
If I had stopped him back when
I was assaulted, then that child...
683
00:46:56,146 --> 00:46:57,815
SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM
FORMER JMS REPORTER
684
00:46:57,898 --> 00:46:59,733
...wouldn't have become a victim.
685
00:47:00,734 --> 00:47:02,236
I feel like it's my fault.
686
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:04,798
SEXUAL VIOLENCE VICTIM KIM JI-EUN (ANONYM)
JOINED IN 1991 AT 16
687
00:47:04,822 --> 00:47:08,283
'Cause I didn't say anything,
and more women were sexually assaulted.
688
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,455
[Maple] Jeong Myeong-seok
is categorically not the Messiah.
689
00:47:14,540 --> 00:47:18,752
And JMS is definitely not a place
that is fulfilling the Lord's will.
690
00:47:20,087 --> 00:47:21,421
[inspiring music]
691
00:47:21,505 --> 00:47:23,882
[woman] Jeong Myeong-seok
is the leader of a religious cult
692
00:47:23,966 --> 00:47:27,636
who was sent to prison for ten years for
sexually assaulting his female followers.
693
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,013
He was released from
prison four years ago.
694
00:47:30,097 --> 00:47:32,140
However, a victim exposed him
695
00:47:32,224 --> 00:47:34,784
for continuing to sexually abuse
his followers since his release.
696
00:47:34,810 --> 00:47:36,250
FROM NOVEMBER 2018 TO SEPTEMBER 2021
697
00:47:36,311 --> 00:47:38,191
MAPLE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
MORE THAN TEN TIMES
698
00:47:46,655 --> 00:47:50,200
[Maple] After the press conference
was over...
699
00:47:50,909 --> 00:47:55,622
I heard that videos about me
and even my family
700
00:47:56,373 --> 00:47:58,250
began to spread through the Internet.
701
00:47:59,793 --> 00:48:01,753
They were attacking me for speaking up.
702
00:48:03,672 --> 00:48:06,508
There is a reason why
their words lack credibility.
703
00:48:06,592 --> 00:48:08,594
If they really wanted to speak up,
704
00:48:08,677 --> 00:48:12,055
they should've left the church
and then looked for a solution,
705
00:48:12,139 --> 00:48:14,474
which is the natural
and logical thing to do.
706
00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:16,351
However, that's not what they did.
707
00:48:17,060 --> 00:48:18,520
[birdsong]
708
00:48:19,771 --> 00:48:21,106
[inspiring music continues]
709
00:48:21,189 --> 00:48:22,189
Yes...
710
00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:26,862
I'm just saying you should think about it
[laughs]
711
00:48:26,945 --> 00:48:28,822
Why else would you call your daughter?
712
00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:30,407
Listen, Soo-Jeong,
713
00:48:30,490 --> 00:48:33,035
If you truly want to be that brave
714
00:48:33,118 --> 00:48:37,539
and expose all those crimes,
715
00:48:37,623 --> 00:48:42,419
rest assured knowing that
I'll be by your side all the way,
716
00:48:43,670 --> 00:48:47,883
and that I will give you
my complete support.
717
00:48:48,926 --> 00:48:54,056
I'm so very proud
of your beliefs and courage.
718
00:48:54,973 --> 00:48:56,516
I love you.
719
00:48:57,059 --> 00:48:58,185
[sobs]
720
00:48:58,268 --> 00:48:59,978
You mean everything to me.
721
00:49:02,356 --> 00:49:04,358
[inspiring music swells]
722
00:49:14,826 --> 00:49:17,329
[Maple] There's nothing
they can take away from me.
723
00:49:18,538 --> 00:49:20,082
Right now, I just want...
724
00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:24,628
to win the lawsuit
725
00:49:26,213 --> 00:49:29,466
and get people to believe me,
726
00:49:29,549 --> 00:49:30,676
because I know
727
00:49:32,052 --> 00:49:36,807
that if one person steps
forward and tells the truth,
728
00:49:40,686 --> 00:49:44,314
then... there won't be any more victims.
729
00:49:47,567 --> 00:49:54,533
MAPLE RECENTLY STARTED DRAWING
IN ORDER TO MANAGE HER ANGER
730
00:49:54,616 --> 00:50:00,038
WHICH LED HER TO DISCOVER A NEW TALENT
731
00:50:00,622 --> 00:50:02,582
CHUNGNAM PROVINCIAL POLICE
732
00:50:05,919 --> 00:50:07,963
- [woman] Mr. Jeong, here!
- [man] Mr. Jeong!
733
00:50:08,046 --> 00:50:12,217
[woman] Have you sexually assaulted female
followers since your release in 2018?
734
00:50:14,094 --> 00:50:16,805
What did you mean when you said
that you came 50 times?
735
00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:19,808
Are you the Messiah?
736
00:50:23,103 --> 00:50:25,248
- [man] Please answer the question!
- [woman] He's gone.
737
00:50:25,272 --> 00:50:28,900
JEONG MYEONG-SEOK HIRED A LARGE LAW FIRM
TO CONTINUE TO CLAIM INNOCENCE
738
00:50:28,984 --> 00:50:32,154
BUT THE COURT ARRESTED HIM
ON OCTOBER 4, 2022
739
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:39,661
A FATHER WHO WAS SO GRATEFUL
HE HAD GOTTEN ATTACKED INSTEAD OF HIS SON
740
00:50:44,541 --> 00:50:50,380
PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 2, 2022
AFTER BATTLING HIS ILLNESS
741
00:50:51,006 --> 00:50:57,512
PROFESSOR KIM DO-HYEONG,
ALSO KNOWN AS "THE BODY OF SATAN"
742
00:50:57,596 --> 00:51:01,183
PUBLISHED A BOOK
ABOUT HIS 30 YEARS OF ANTI-JMS ACTIVITIES
743
00:51:01,266 --> 00:51:04,019
A FORGOTTEN SEASON 1
A PROFESSOR'S BATTLE, BY KIM DO-HYEONG
744
00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:07,206
ALL INTERVIEWS IN THIS DOCUMENTARY
USE REAL TESTIMONIES
745
00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:09,208
TO PROTECT THE SUBJECTS' IDENTITY
SOME INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN REENACTED
746
00:51:09,232 --> 00:51:11,193
[inspiring music crescendoes]
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