Conviction New religious movements Guru-led movement or ashram Luohe, Henan, China · 2020

China: 'Sun-Moon Qigong' master sentenced to nineteen years for raping followers under dual-cultivation doctrine

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-styled 教主 (sect head) of the Sun-Moon Qigong group

Organization

日月气功 (Sun-Moon Qigong)

Spiritual nexus

The doctrine made refusal a spiritual failure — dual cultivation was taught as the path to power, so submission was framed as devotion.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2020-06-15 · conviction and sentence

Luohe Intermediate People's Court, Henan, China. Wen Jinlu, head of the Sun-Moon Qigong group, was convicted on 15 June 2020 of rape and forcible indecency against female followers, alongside a cult-organising count, and sentenced to nineteen years; six co-defendants received terms from two years and ten months to three years and six months suspended. The court found he exercised psychological control through the doctrine that dual cultivation increased followers' spiritual power, telling women that 'the teacher behind me has designated us husband and wife'. The group had taken some 8.19 million yuan in offerings.

teaching that 阴阳双修 (yin-yang dual cultivation) increased followers' spiritual power
claim that 'the teacher behind me has designated us husband and wife'
psychological control over multiple female followers

Primary record

official court release verdict and sentencing release Luohe Intermediate People's Court: case announcement.: The convicting court's own publication.
official court release verdict report Henan Provincial Courts: case report.: Provincial judiciary corroboration.

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