Jaerock Lee

Jaerock Lee was a South Korean Christian pastor and author, who founded the Manmin Central Church in Seoul. In 2018, he was convicted of multiple causes of sexual assault and rape against several members of his church, and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Lee founded the Manmin Central Church in 1982, and it grew into a megachurch with a claimed membership of 120,000 in 9,000 member churches. In 2010, Manmin Central church claimed to have the largest number of churches in Korea. Lee's ministry was controversial, and he has been called a cult leader.
Lee died on December 31, 2023, at the age of 80. His books have been translated into several languages.