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We previously reported on a follow-up report about a pastor who was accused of exploiting sex and labor while raising children of Shinto. This pastor was arrested. Right now, Pastor Lee’s wife and son are under investigation for the same charges. The police are planning to investigate other victims and the process of building billions of won by the pastor’s family.
Reporter Kim Do-hoon reports.
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A man with a hat pressed against his face walks out of the court door in a wheelchair.
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I am 53-year-old A, a pastor accused of exploiting sex and labor while raising Shinto children for 20 years in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do.
On the 4th of last month, three victims sued Pastor A to the police on charges of sexual offenses and child abuse.
Subsequently, JTBC captured the police seizure and search of the pastor’s family home and church.
[경기남부경찰청 관계자 (2020년 12월 15일) : (유의미한 것이 있습니까?) 나중에, 나중에 말씀드릴게요.]
After the report, the number of victims who reportedly suffered damage to Pastor A’s family increased to close to 10.
Police investigated five of the additional victims.
Some of the victims said they suffered from condemnation and intimidation by the pastor’s family.
Because of this, many victims were reluctant to make a statement of damage until Pastor A was arrested.
Ansan Branch of the Suwon District Court issued an arrest warrant for Pastor A.
The court said that there was a possibility of eradicating evidence when several crimes have been revealed and the duration and method of the crimes and their relationship to the victims.
The police are investigating Pastor A’s wife and son on the same charges.
The police plan to expand the investigation into the process of building billions of won by the pastor’s family.
(Video Design: Seungwoo Cho)