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[0716] Statement Shincheonji Church of Jesus hereby clarifies the facts regarding the false claims and accusations about Shincheonji Church made by the speakers at a rally hosted by a group named Shincheonji Out Gwacheon-si Emergency Response Committee at Gwacheon City’s Central Park on July 12th, 2025. 1. Fact Checking Who Attended The Gwacheon Central Park gathering on July 12th is known to have mobilized around 800 people who associate with other church denominations located in Gwacheon that are against Shincheonji Church. 2. Corrections to False Claims A. Lee, National Assembly Member, Democratic Party of Korea Claims that “Shincheonji had committed antisocial violations of quarantine rules and harmed the national response network to the epidemic during COVID-19” were already proven false, as the Supreme Court ruled the church innocent. Additionally, allegations regarding illegal labor and sexual misconduct were also debunked, as the prosecution dismissed the cases. A member of the...

[STATEMENT] Politicians Must Stop Politically Exploiting Shincheonji Church of Jesus Politicians must immediately cease their acts of politically exploiting Shincheonji Church of Jesus. In South Korea, every election season, the political establishment has used Shincheonji Church of Jesus as a tool for vote calculations. To gain votes from established denominations, they have made Shincheonji Church of Jesus a scapegoat and have attacked it according to political needs with each change of administration. Such behavior constitutes unconstitutional violence that directly violates religious freedom.  Particularly during the COVID-19 crisis, the government and Daegu City made Shincheonji Church of Jesus a scapegoat for their quarantine failures. They shifted all responsibility onto Shincheonji Church of Jesus and incited nationwide hatred. However, the judiciary rendered a "not guilty" verdict regarding violations of the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act, clearly reve...

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 defamat...