Pastor sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping followers after telling them it was an "order from God"
A leader of a megachurch in South Korea has been sentenced to jail for 15 years after it was discovered that he raped eight of his female followers and told them that he was "only following orders given by God himself."
Seventy five-year-old Lee Jaerock is the head of the Seoul-based Manmin Central Church, which claims that it has 133,000 followers as well as more than 10,000 branches and associate churches around the world.
The Washington Post reported that a South Korean court said in its ruling that Lee denied "objective facts" when the investigation was going on and did not show any remorse for his actions during the trial. He was also expelled from the Christian Council of Korea back in 1999 for what the organization called his "heretical" beliefs.