Lawyer files criminal complaint against Setsuri cult member

CHIBA, Japan - Lawyer Hiroshi Watanabe (R) enters a Chiba police station Aug. 10 to file a criminal complaint against a South Korean cult member in charge of the cult's Japan activities. The founder of the South Korean cult, which is called Setsuri or Providence, has allegedly sexually assaulted female Japanese cult members.

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