09/02/2021

"Slander and Cruel Hypocrisy" by the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji Towards Shincheonji Church

Collusion between coercive (forced) conversion pastors and the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji who protest, “Give me back my child”, while their child is by their side
Children suffer “Severe aftereffects of coercive conversion”

[Cheonji Ilbo = Reporter Kang Soo-kyung] There is one group of people who have appeared in the media throughout the trial of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji Church; Chairman Man-hee Lee): the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji (Jeonpyeon; Mr. Gang-sik Shin), which claims to have been harmed by Shincheonji.

They appear to have used the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic to "finish Shincheonji". Yet Chairman Lee was granted bail and released from custody after being found 'not guilty' of obstructing health authorities' efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19. Some convictions will go to appeal. Nevertheless, representatives of the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji continue to carry out protests against Shincheonji near the court and the home of Chairman Lee of Shincheonji Church.

What kind of group is the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji?

◆Parents who fail to 'deconvert' their child resort to 'coercive conversion'
The National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji is a group that, for years, has operated as a one-person or small group  protest meting out slander publicly, at various locations between Shincheonji Church and the Zion Christian Mission Center.

Their noise has made local residents frown. A thorough investigation by Cheonji Ilbo has found members of the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji to be perpetrators of domestic violence who distort the truth and violate their own children's basic human and religious freedoms.

Some parents, mostly of those whose children attend Shincheonji Church, abandon their livelihoods to carry out protests. They blame Shincheonji Church for cases of runaway or divorce experienced within their families, and label Shincheonji Church a religious organisation that destroys families through such incidents.

Moreover, it has directed all criticism at Shincheonji Church's Chairman Man-hee Lee. However, the real reason for these social endemics is 'coercive, or forced, conversion' (a.k.a. 'deprogramming').

The majority of the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji members are parents who had forcefully dragged their child away to undergo the coercive conversion programme, and failed.

In January 2016, Ms. Shin was chained and confined in a pension (lodging) for 17 days by her father, who is now a member of the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji, in order that she undergo coercive conversion. Ms. Shin refused to renounce her faith and initially filed charges against her father, which she quickly dropped to absolve him of possible legal punishment. Regardless, Ms. Shin's father changed the password on the front door of their home and took part in an outdoor protest shouting for his daughter's return.

In 2015, Ms. Lee was drugged with sleeping pills, handcuffed and kidnapped by her parents to undergo coercive conversion. Parents admitted to using violence and assault while their daughter resisted.

Another individual named Mr. Lee was kidnapped by his parents in 2015 and imprisoned for 27 days while undergoing the coercive conversion programme. Mr. Lee was prevented from returning home as the passcode had been changed. 

Some parents showed disconcerting behaviour, carrying out protests demanding that their child be returned to them, even though their child was at home or even right by their side.

In contrast, an investigation discovered that the majority of youth victims of coercive conversion are Shincheonji Church members who have tried to re-establish dialogue with their parents.

These Shincheonji Church youth victims often complain of severe post-traumatic stress disorder due to the shock of kidnap, confinement and assault.

The victims’ defence fails despite 'unconstitutional, forceful human rights violations' because these youth are Shincheonji Church believers whose parents are one with the pastors of the established Church.

As stipulated in Article 276 of the Criminal Act, the crime of ‘illegal confinement’ is one that violates a person's freedom of movement, as is the crime of ‘false arrest’. Confinement in a room is a typical example, as is forcing the victim into a car and driving off. This can carry a prison term of up to five years or a fine of up to 7 million KRW. In the case of a victim surviving confinement, Article 280 of the Criminal Act states that attempts to commit such crime is punishable by law.

According to the law, parents who abduct and assault adult children because they 'go to Shincheonji' are felons, as are those (conversion pastors) who conspire in acts of forced confinement and abuse on the victim. However, the media shows zero sensitivity to the violence committed by parents against their own child, which in effect constitutes child abuse. Even when these issues are publicly broadcast, they deliberately shut their eyes to the coercive conversion endemic.

◆Protestant Church's vested interests
The National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji is heavily influenced by the vested powers of the established Protestant Church.

According to content presented at the recent trial, the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji exerted pressure when HWPL and Suwon World Cup Stadium Management Foundation signed a contract in July 2019 for hire of Suwon Stadium.

The National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji intervened with calls for its cancellation and submitted various documentation to Gyeonggi Provincial Government-Suwon City Hall, which operates Suwon Stadium.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government-Suwon City Hall, and Suwon World Cup Stadium Management Foundation had no procedural reason for cancelling the agreement, but due to the external pressures and complaints, the agreement was cancelled about a week before the event even though the fees for rent had been paid.

Despite there being no flaws within the administrative process, Gyeonggi Provincial Government-Suwon City Hall, and Suwon World Cup Stadium Management Foundation made a political decision in response to the pressure of the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji and the Protestant Church.

Since HWPL had prepared an international large-scale event, there was nowhere else for it to be hosted at such short notice, so the green light was given and a government official opened its doors.

After the event, Suwon World Cup Stadium Management Foundation sued HWPL, but it was soon withdrawn.

The judge pointed out that this was 'contradictory behaviour' by government officials. This is a typical case of collusion between the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji and the Protestant Church.

There are those who side with the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji: pastors who run these coercive conversion programmes.

Some of these people often appear in the media, notably Pastor Hyun-wook Shin and Pastor Yongsik Jin of Ansan Sangnok Church who was sentenced in a lawsuit for alleged forcible confinement of a victim in a psychiatric ward for the purposes of coercive conversion. Pastor Jin is from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

In addition, after being expelled from Shincheonji Church, Pastor Hyun-wook Shin of Guri Chodae Church became one with the Protestant Church as a pastor who also carried out anti-Shincheonji activities. According to Shincheonji Church, Pastor Shin was expelled for having created controversy through his denial of the Bible, with claims that, “You must pray in the name of Chairman Man-hee Lee, not in the name of Jesus”.

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Blog on National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji (Jeonpyeon)
Slanderous Accusations by the National Association of the Victims of Shincheonji on Shincheonji Church

Cases of Coercive Conversion (also known as 'Forced Conversion' or 'Deprogramming')
Abducted and Confined Inside a Van for 40 Hours – “Conversion Pastor Even Took My Kids Away”
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/01/abducted-and-confined-inside-van-for-40.html

Cancer Patient Abducted and Forced to Undergo Coercive Conversion at Protestant Church in Korea

A Woman in Her 20s Suffocated to Death While Forcibly Confined - Do You Know the Case Involving 'Ji-In Gu'?

Husband Paid Pastor 3,000,000 Korean Won For Me To Undergo Coercive Conversion

"The Only Thing Left Was Divorce - Who Is Responsible?"

Confined in a Remote Mountainous Log Cabin - Coercive Conversion Predominantly Targets Shincheonji Church Members (part 1/2)

Abduction and Confinement - Coercive (Forced) Conversion in South Korea

I Became a Victim of 'Coercive Conversion' in South Korea Because I'm a Member of Shincheonji Church of Jesus

Confined in a Remote Mountainous Log Cabin - Coercive Conversion Predominantly Targets Shincheonji Church Members (part 2/2)

Imprisoned and Starved for Over One Week for Refusing to Renounce My Faith in Shincheonji Church. How Can I Forgive these Conversion Pastors?!

73-Day Coercive Conversion Programme in Confinement for Attending Shincheonji Church - I Fled Mid-Winter through the Bathroom Window

Targets of 'Forced Conversion' Suffering 'Kidnap, Confinement, Brainwashing' - Female College Students, Pregnant Women, Vulnerable Cancer Patients.
1000s of Cases of Abduction, Confinement and Assault: Shocking Stats Expose South Korea's Shameful 'Coercive Conversion' Endemic

International Community's Petition for an End to Coercive Conversion, While National Human Rights Commission of Korea Turns A Blind Eye

Allegation "Shincheonji Stole My Daughter" Found to Be a Lie

Imprisoned in a Country Pension to Undergo Coercive Conversion because of My Life of Faith at Shincheonji Church of Jesus

“Forced to Undergo 'Coercive Conversion' Thrice Within Two Years, Even Confined in a Psychiatric Ward Simply Due to My Faith at Shincheonji Church of Jesus"

“Liars Allege that Shincheonji Church Confiscates Property, Destroys Families & Endorses Coercive Conversion. It’s Coercive Conversion Pastors Who Do Such Things!”
https://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/10/liars-allege-that-shincheonji-church.html?m=0

Confined on the 2nd floor of a Police Station to Stop me from Living my Life of Faith at Shincheonji Church. With a Crippled Arm, I Was Dragged Away for Coercive Conversion

Imprisoned for 2½ months in a secluded location in the mountains. My ‘crime’? Being a believer at Shincheonji Church

Although I managed to evade 'coercive conversion' with every pastor in town brought in by fleeing to the army, harassment continued"
https://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/09/although-i-managed-to-evade-coercive.html?m=0

“Incitement of Hatred Towards Shincheonji Tears Families Apart"
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/09/incitement-of-hatred-towards.html

“Conversion Pastor Caused Newlyweds to Divorce, Promoting Division and Conflict Among Both Families”
https://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/09/conversion-pastor-caused-newlyweds-to.html?m=0

Drugged and Abducted, Chained and Imprisoned...Yet Police Respond to Three Separate Appeals With the Words "We Can't Help You"
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/09/drugged-and-abducted-chained-and.html

“Adult Male Kidnapped, Drugged, Handcuffed & Forced into a Suitcase for the Purpose of Coercive Conversion" (18th June 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/adult-male-kidnapped-drugged-handcuffed.html

'Counselling Education'? No - 'Coercive Conversion' & Human Rights Abuses. Controversy Surrounds YTN As Its News Anchor Becomes Head Speaker at CBS' 'Shincheonji Counselling' Programme (June 25th 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/counselling-education-no-coercive.html

Coercive Conversion in Present-Day South Korea: Amoral Pastors Who Deceive Parents for Money
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/coercive-conversion-in-present-day.html

"Mum’s Piercing Words, 'Get out of the House, you Bi*ch!' Yet Later Protested 'Bring Back my Daughter!'" (Cheonji Daily, 10th June 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/mums-piercing-words-get-out-of-house.html

"It’s because of 'Shincheonji Church' Vs. 'It's Parents Who Kidnap and Confine their Children'. Who's to blame?" (Cheonji Daily, 5th June 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/its-because-of-shincheonji-church-vs.html

“Kidnapped & Confined: Coercive Conversion Abuses Parents’ Love & Must Be Eliminated”
(Cheonji Daily 2nd June 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/kidnapped-confined-coercive-conversion.html

“Coercive Conversion Pastor Treated me like an Animal and Instigated Mistrust Within my Family”
(Cheonji Daily 1st June 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/06/coercive-conversion-pastor-treated-me.html

Is This A Communist ‘People's Court'? The Deception of Coercive Conversion
(Cheonji Daily 21st May 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/05/is-this-communist-peoples-court.html

Restrained with Sleeping Pills…Resisted Forced Conversion, but was Assaulted and Eventually Fainted
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/05/restrained-with-sleeping-pillsresisted.html

Drugged, Handcuffed, Kidnapped, Confined; it’s OK, they Belong to Shincheonji! Today’s ‘Cult Framing' that Violates Human Rights and Tears Families Apart
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/05/drugged-handcuffed-kidnapped-confined.html

“Kidnapped and Confined Without Shower or Food, and Sexually Shamed”
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/05/kidnapped-and-confined-without-shower.html

"Family deceived and manipulated into locking up and beating pregnant family member. 'Peace' will be found when truth is revealed"
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/05/family-deceived-and-manipulated-into.html

"They forced me to remove my underwear in front of relatives in a car. I'm a 30 year-old woman”
(Cheonji Daily 28th April 2020)
http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2020/04/they-forced-me-to-remove-my-underwear.html

1 comment:

  1. What's wrong with a father who says his daughter left the house and asks her to return her daughter even though she's next to him? I'm sort of appalled by it.

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