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Shincheonji Church of Jesus Takes Legal Action Against Gwacheon Pastor for Spreading False Information "Stop Inciting Citizen Anxiety"

Shincheonji Church of Jesus Takes Legal Action Against Gwacheon Pastor for Spreading False Information
"Stop Inciting Citizen Anxiety"


- False information spreads even to parents... Controversy over inciting community anxiety
- Repeated distorted defamation ignoring even acquittal rulings from courts and prosecution
- "Those who don't participate are Shincheonji supporters"... Concerns over coerced signatures and ostracism


Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Chairman Lee Man-hee, hereinafter Shincheonji Church of Jesus) has taken legal action against a local pastor who spread false information regarding the recent acquisition of a building in the Gwacheon area. The pastor is known to have distributed leaflets inciting citizen anxiety and continued defamatory activities with parent groups.


Pastor Jang, who serves as the representative of the 'Gwacheon Protection Citizens' Coalition,' has been engaging in defamation by distributing leaflets containing false information to citizens regarding Shincheonji Church of Jesus's acquisition of a building in Gwacheon city.


Accordingly, on the 27th, Shincheonji Church of Jesus notified through certified mail that the content distributed by Pastor Jang was clearly false and that his actions violated ▲Article 309 of the Criminal Code (defamation through publications), ▲Article 311 (insult), ▲Article 70 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (defamation through information and communications networks), among others. Through this notice, they demanded an apology and measures to prevent recurrence within one week, and stated that if not complied with, they would take civil and criminal legal action.


The leaflet distributed by Pastor Jang on the 16th contained numerous false statements including 'Shincheonji intends to change the use of the entire building to a religious facility,' 'they proselytize to school children,' 'they encourage divorce and running away from home to destroy families and force donations,' 'one must devote body and mind to the Shincheonji Chairman,' and 'during COVID-19, they deceived administrative authorities' cooperation and caused damage.'


Based on these false contents, parent groups in the Gwacheon area also conducted surveys and collected signatures opposing Shincheonji Church of Jesus's religious facility.


During this process, it is known that coercive statements such as "not participating means supporting Shincheonji" and intimidating remarks to the effect that "your children could be ostracized" were also made.


Through the certified mail, Shincheonji Church of Jesus stated that they have never applied for a change of use to a religious facility for the building in question, and that claims related to 'divorce, running away from home, and forced donations' have been repeatedly proven false through courts, prosecution, and police.


They emphasized that even though they received not guilty verdicts in all COVID-19 related criminal cases and won civil damage compensation lawsuits, Pastor Jang continues to defame them with false information without verifying the facts.


In addition, they urged Pastor Jang to take responsibility and apologize for: defaming evangelism methods that the Supreme Court ruled were not illegal as 'deceptive proselytizing activities'; claiming 'abnormal doctrine' without understanding the Book of Revelation; spreading as fact that people are told to 'devote body and mind to the Shincheonji Chairman' when no such instruction was ever given; and making claims about 'proselytizing to students' which does not exist.


Shincheonji Church of Jesus stated, "All the defamatory content is clearly false, and forcing such false information on parents and students is an act that goes beyond defamation or insult charges to infringe upon religious freedom. Ultimately, such behavior is not about protecting citizens but is judged to be an unreasonable measure to incite hatred and protect the interests of one's own denomination by any means necessary.


They continued, "Shincheonji Church of Jesus has been in Gwacheon for decades, but there has not been a single case of harm. Rather, we have contributed to local commerce and welfare blind spots while coexisting with the local community," emphasizing "Stop using citizens by inciting baseless fears through false information.








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