Korean pastor Kong Wenzhi was also sentenced to 17 years in prison by the Taiwan High Court for raping female believers in Taiwan.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Netflix recently released the documentary "In the Name of God: Betrayal of Faith". Zheng Mingxi, the leader of the Providence Church, was accused of sexually assaulting female believers from many countries in the name of religion. Hundreds of female college students were also victimized in Taiwan. Therefore, in 2003, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office issued a wanted arrest for Zheng Mingxi.

In fact, the scandals related to Providence Church do not stop there. Korean pastor Kong Wenzhi was also sentenced to 17 years in prison by the Taiwan High Court for raping female believers in Taiwan.

Kong Wenzhi, who used to be the pastor of Lijiao in Hsinchu District, was wanted because of the explosive scandal of the leader Zheng Mingxi in 2003. Kong Wenzhi chose to leave and founded "Dream Association" and other organizations in Hsinchu.

However, Kong Wenzhi also sexually assaulted at least 2 female volunteers, including a 15-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted 77 times; the first trial was only given a light sentence of 12 years, but the High Court sentenced Kong Nan to a heavy sentence of 17 years Imprisonment is fixed.

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The 2013 verdict pointed out that Kong Wenzhi, a 49-year-old Chinese-Korean man, came to Taiwan in 1996 and established the "Korean Desheng Church Presbyterian Church" and "Datong Church" in Hsinchu in 2001 to absorb believers. .

However, because religion is not easy to enter the campus, Kong Wenzhi established 8 associations, including the "Republic of China Damengli Football Association" and "Global Junior College Youth Damengli Association", and held activities in many universities in the Hsinchu area, attracting more than 1,000 students to join Among the members, many people even respect Confucius as a "life mentor".

Female A, who was 18 years old at the time, reported to the police in September 2012, accusing her of getting acquainted with Kong Wenzhi and becoming a follower of her because she participated in the school club "Damengli Activity".

Kong took advantage of her father's loss at a young age and her respect for Kong, and drove her (who was only 15 years old at the time) to the parking lot of Shibajianshan in September 2010, where she kissed her forcibly and then reached out to touch her chest.

Since then, Kong has taken her out almost every week, driving to Hsinchu High Speed ​​Rail Station, Nanliao Fishing Port and other places to molested her.

Female A emphasized that she was afraid to disobey Kong Wenzhi at that time.

When he was taken to Nanliao Fishing Port in November 2010, Kong further forced him to strip off his clothes and sexually assault him.

After that, Kong regarded her as a confinement woman. Every time the association activities were over, he would drive female A around to sexually assault her. Afterwards, she recorded the date and location of the molestation and sexual assault. According to statistics, she was sexually assaulted and molested 81 times in more than 2 years. , the High Court found that she had been sexually assaulted 77 times in accordance with the law.

In addition, another female B also accused that because of gastroptosis, Kong Minzhi claimed to help her treat it, but touched her lower body through her underwear. Although female B felt different, she did not dare to question it; She successfully penetrated into her lower body and sexually assaulted her.

In the face of many allegations, Kong Wenzhi argued that he had a consensual sexual relationship with woman A, and denied that he had ever raped woman B.

On September 11, 2013, Kong Wenzhi was arraigned and appeared in court. Since the first instance found that he had sexually assaulted a 15-year-old female volunteer 81 times, the High Court found that he was not guilty of 4 sexual assaults, and the sentence was reduced to 77 sexual assaults. Kong Nan also bowed to the collegial panel and said "thank you" in Mandarin. He asked the collegial panel to release him on bail, but the collegial panel rejected it because he might commit another crime, and ordered him to stay in custody for another two months. Kong suddenly looked serious and in silence.

In the end, the High Court sentenced Kong Nan to 17 years in prison.