The church members were told to ignore symptoms, refuse to comply with public health orders including quarantines, and then unleashed on the public.
The head of the church Jeon Gwang-hun is a criminal awaiting trial and out on bail. He violated the conditions of bail by organizing and attending the rally. He committed further crimes while on bail encouraging church members not to cooperate with public health officials, concealing their memberships, encouraging them to hide from public health officials. These intentional crimes are in addition to the usual ignorant right wing lies and conspiracy theories he and his fanatic followers on the far right have been spreading in the media.
The permit for the demonstration was obtained by another far right group that told the court they expected 100 participants and that it would last about five hours. A fraud was perpetrated on the court.
At the demonstration itself, the restrictions on the location and public spacing and mask restrictions were violated from the outset. Police were assaulted and demonstrators knocked down barriers and screamed in the faces of police potentially exposing them to virus.
Persons from the church, known to be infected or exposed to infected persons, are fleeing and eluding, and appear to be deliberately going to high traffic places to spread the virus.
In one report, church members are believed to have visited or conducted business at 114 other buildings including call centers, other churches, restaurants and cafes around South Korea.
At the demonstration on August 15 Jeon's speech was translated into English by an interpreter, and the name and phone number of a US bank was televized on Google in an effort to raise funds from US supporters.
One South Korean public health official described the lack of cooperation by the First Love Church worse than the Sincheonji covid surge last spring. The leader of the Sinjeonchi cult is in jail. This is where "pastor" Jeon and his accomplices belong.
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