"Sex assault" JMS Jung Myung-seok has been sentenced to 17 years in prison..."There's real justice".

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JMS President Chung Myung-seok, who was handed over to trial for sexually assaulting Goddesses, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.

The victim welcomed that after a long fight, the answer came out and he learned that there was justice.

Reporter Cha Jung-yoon reports.

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Jeong Myung-seok, the JMS religious leader who called himself the Messiah and committed sex crimes against three Goddesses for about three years from February 2018, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison.

The Supreme Court kept the original ruling on Jeong intact.

Electronic anklets have been attached for 15 years and child and youth-related institutions have been banned from employment for 10 years.

The issue of the trial was whether religiously brainwashed victims could be considered psychologically rebellious or irresistible.

Until now, Jeong has denied his charges, saying that the victims were not brainwashed or irresistible, but the Supreme Court has found all of Jeong's charges guilty.

They decided that religious indoctrination could also be considered a kind of insurrection.

The victims of JMS welcomed it, saying they learned that there is justice after a long fight.

[Maple / Hong Kong national JMS sexual assault case victim: There is real justice. There will be no real victims in the future, I can guarantee one thing.]

Jeong is on trial in the Daejeon District Court for allegedly sexually assaulting other goddesses.

If he is found guilty again here, Chung's combined sentence is expected to increase further.

I'm YTN's Cha Jung Yoon.

Filmmaker: Choi Sung-hoon
Video editing: Yoon Yong-joon
Graphic: Kim Jinho