The “Pastor Room” exploited 234 victims of all ages.
After the “Nth Room Intercourse Abuse” revelation shook South Korea in 2020, the nation has been relentless in battling comparable instances—typically taking the type of unique chatrooms on Telegram. Regardless of its authorities turning into extra lively in combatting the epidemic, South Korea has not been capable of finish on-line sexual exploitation.
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That mentioned, on February 8, 2025 (KST), the identify and face of a 33-year-old Korean man had been revealed by the Seoul Metropolitan Police Company after he was arrested for working the “Pastor Room,” exploiting 234 victims—68% of whom are youngsters.
MBC reported that Kim Nok Wan shaped a web-based group known as “The Vigilantes” in Might 2020. Referring to himself as a “pastor,” Kim structured the group into hierarchical ranks, assigning members titles equivalent to deacons, evangelists, and trainee evangelists, establishing a strict chain of command to hold out his crimes.
Members of the group then lured victims of all genders with invites to an unique Telegram chatroom “devoted to creating and sharing explicitly photoshopped pictures of acquaintances and celebrities.” To realize entry, victims had been required to offer private data. Virtually an identical to how the Nth Room was operated, victims had been then blackmailed into enduring sadistic, sexual abuse in change for conserving their private data from being made public.
I needed to ship him photographs and movies of me greeting him bare. Till college began, he would ship grownup toys that I must use on myself. He saved telling me that I wanted intercourse ed, sending a dozen movies of different individuals doing sexual issues. He would demand I write evaluations on them after watching. From what I do know, he would let individuals out by making them ‘graduate.’ You wanted to attain an 8 out of 10 to have the ability to graduate, although. He as soon as advised me that whereas I scored 8, he didn’t actually like me. So he needed to have intercourse with me in change for my official ‘commencement.’
— Sufferer A
In line with the Cybercrime Investigation Division on the Seoul Metropolitan Police Company, the group consisted of 14 members, together with Kim. The youngest member has been recognized as 15 years outdated.
Contemplating the gravity of the crime and the severity of the hurt inflicted on victims, the police determined to disclose Kim’s full identify and face—which Kim contested by submitting an injunction with the Seoul Administrative Court docket. However his request was denied, resulting in the general public disclosure of his data.
The full variety of victims within the “Pastor Room” case exceeds thrice the 73 victims of the “Nth Room” Telegram case, wherein the now-incarcerated Cho Ju Bin produced and distributed sexually exploitative content material of kids and minors between 2019 and 2020.
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Watch the police arrest Kim Nok Wan for a complete of 19 costs, together with rape underneath the Baby and Youth Sexual Safety Act.
