Korean church leaders assault woman who failed to attend services

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Church goers jailed for bashing follower
06:51 AEST Sat Aug 27, 2005

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=59071

Three leaders of a Korean church in Sydney have been jailed for bashing a young woman who failed to regularly attend services.

Junior assistant pastor Chi Yeong Yun, 37, and Bible study teachers Tom Chae-Yong Lee, 22, and James Kang, 21, from Chatswood's Open Door Presbyterian Church, pleaded guilty to assaulting Angela Kim, 19, in July last year.

In the NSW District Court, acting Judge Joe Gibson named Yun as the "architect of the plan" to punish Ms Kim for not regularly attending the church and disrespecting her elders. Yun was given a 12 month jail term, Kang was sentenced to nine months, and Lee received a three month sentence.

The court was told Ms Kim was picked up at the Waitara train station on July 8 last year and was taken by the men to a park at Bobbin Head in Sydney's north. She was kicked and punched for about two hours, leaving her with extensive bruising to her arms, legs and buttocks. Two nights later, Kang went to Ms Kim's home and smashed her portable CD player.

[SharonAnn]

1. Wonderful, the Korean Taliban. Just what the world needs.