Mother of Cho Kuk likened Cho Kuk to 'Jesus'... Letter revealed saying "I experienced the heart of the Virgin Mary"

"Two-Year Experience of the Virgin Mary's Heart Watching Jesus Nailed to the Cross"
Former Minister Cho's Younger Brother Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Photo by Cho Kuk, former Minister of Justice, Yonhap News Agency (left) / Captured from Father Kim In-guk's Facebook (right)

[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] A letter sent by Park Jeong-sook, the chairperson of the Woongdong Foundation and mother of former Minister of Justice Cho Kuk, to Father Kim In-guk has been made public.

Kim In-guk, former leader of the Catholic Priests' Association for Justice, revealed part of the letter on his social media on the 26th, stating, "I would like to share a portion of the letter I received yesterday afternoon with many friends across the country who quietly share worries and concerns," and disclosed part of the letter sent by Cho's mother.

In the letter, Chairperson Park stated, "I am enduring and praying for the Lord's grace and mercy as I have been experiencing for over two years the heart of the Virgin Mary who suffered watching her son being crucified."

She continued, "As a mother, I told my son not to give up on prosecutorial reform even if it meant family sacrifice," and appealed, "I do not know when we will come out of this long tunnel of pain, but I believe it is a mission that must be fulfilled as a legal scholar of this era for democracy."

Father Kim explained, "As you might have guessed, this letter was written by Minister Cho Kuk's mother," describing her as "a believer who has visited the church daily since being baptized in high school." He added, "I read it over and over and thought, if the mother said this, we must go all the way."

Taste columnist Hwang Kyo-ik. Photo by Yonhap News

This is not the first time former Minister Cho has been compared to 'Jesus.'

On December 24 last year, Hwang Kyo-ik wrote on his Facebook, "Watching Cho Kuk seated at the confirmation hearing and pressured to resign, and at the climax when the prosecution indicted him, I thought of Jesus," adding, "They are killing Cho Kuk. Cho could not have been unaware of his own death."

He continued, "He walked the path of death with dignity. Cho and his family are walking the path of Golgotha. A crown of thorns was placed, and he bore the cross," and said, "If he had said he would not reform the prosecution or if he had said he would become Minister of Justice, he would not have walked this path. It is the path of Jesus. Jesus is walking with him."

Meanwhile, on the same day (26th), Cho's younger brother, Cho Mo, who was indicted on charges including recruitment corruption at Woongdong Foundation and sentenced to one year in prison in the first trial, was sentenced to three years in prison in the appeal trial and was taken into custody in court.

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