NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Herald
By Lincoln Tan
5:30 AM Friday Sep 6, 2013
A senior pastor who founded the Korean Presbyterian Church of Auckland will be struck off the ministerial roll after an internal church investigation found him guilty of sexual misconduct and abuse.
Reverend David Ock-Youn Jang has been found guilty by the Auckland Presbytery Complaints Hearing Committee for “gross impropriety on three representative charges which relate to sexual misconduct, and physical, verbal and emotional abuse against a single complainant”.
He denies any wrongdoing and says he has the backing of his congregation to stay.
The complainant is a woman who is linked to the Presbyterian church, the third largest Christian denomination in New Zealand.
Some details of the complaint and judgment cannot be reported for legal reasons.
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