# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jung-myung-seok
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:35:14.902Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jung-myung-seok"
name: "Jung Myung-seok"
slug: "jung-myung-seok"
description: "Jung Myung-seok is a South Korean clergyman convicted of sexual assault, who founded and led the Providence religious movement, also known as Christian Gospel Mission (CGM) or Jesus Morning Star (JMS), a Christian new religious movement that is commonly referred to as a Christian sect or cult. Jung was convicted of rape by the Supreme Court of Korea and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment between 2008 and 2018. He was again indicted in South Korea on 28 October 2022 for sexually assaulting two female followers between 2018 and 2022. On 9 January 2025, he would be sentenced by the Supreme Court of Korea to 17 years imprisonment after again being convicted of rape."
tagline: "South Korean clergy (born 1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jungmyungseok.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1945-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.32
  momentum:             8.300443012484894
  historical:           9.150861333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jung_Myung_Seok"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "چونج ميونج سيوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Myung-seok"
    title: "Jung Myung-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Myung-seok"
    title: "Jung Myung-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Myung-seok"
    title: "Jung Myung-seok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E6%98%8E%E6%9E%90"
    title: "鄭明析"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%95%EB%AA%85%EC%84%9D"
    title: "정명석"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BA"
    title: "Чон Мен Сок"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E6%98%8E%E6%9E%90"
    title: "鄭明析"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%84%AD%E6%98%8E%E6%9E%90"
    title: "鄭明析"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump