Court jails pastor 15 years for raping 8 members
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a south korean pastor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping eight of his members more than 40 different occasions at his mega-church in seoulyonhapnews agency reported1 lee jae rock of the manmin central church which has about 130000 followers was convicted by the seoul central district court of using his authority to commit the rapes the agency reported1 the 75-year-old regularly took advantage of his followers trust in him as a man close to god yonhap quoted the court as saying1 the church which was founded by lee in 1982 and claims to have more than 10000 branches around the world was expelled by the christian council of korea in 1999 under the accusation of heresy1 on its website the church claims that countless have received gods healing of such incurable and terminal diseases as aids cancer and the like on the spot when rev dr lee prayed not by placing his hand on each of the sick but merely from the pulpit1