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 Seoul, Yonhap news agency reported.
Lee Jae Rock of the Manmin Central Church, which has about 130,000 followers, was convicted by the Seoul Central District Court of using his authority to commit the rapes, the agency reported.
The 75-year-old regularly took advantage of his followers’ trust in him as a man close to God, Yonhap quoted the court as saying.