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The New York Times5y
Being Called a Cult Is One Thing, Being Blamed for an Epidemic Is Quite Another
The outbreak has centered on Daegu ... The Presbyterian Church of Korea claims that Mr. Lee’s views — including, for example, that Jesus is not God incarnated — are “heretical” and ...
Wall Street Journal4y
Leader of Secretive Church at Center of South Korea’s Virus Outbreak Is Arrested
The leader of an enigmatic church, accused by South Korean officials of spreading the ... the 88-year-old leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was questioned for more than eight hours ...
The Sun5y
Coronavirus: Half of South Korea’s 433 cases are linked to secret Church of Jesus cult whose leader thinks he’s IMMORTAL
More than half of the South Korea cases are linked to a 61-year-old woman known as 'Patient 31' who attended religious services at the branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu ...
The Washington Post5y
South Korea orders temporary shutdown of messianic church linked to more than half the country’s coronavirus cases
More than half of South Korea’s covid-19 cases have been traced to a regional branch of the secretive Shincheonji Church of Jesus, formally known as the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony.