Sarangjeil Church Files Appeal Against Court Decision to 'Maintain Facility Closure'

View of Sarang Jeil Church in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Sarang Jeil Church, which was ordered to close its facility for violating COVID-19 quarantine rules, filed for a suspension of the enforcement but was rejected by the court and has appealed the decision.

According to the legal community on the 27th, Sarang Jeil Church submitted an immediate appeal to the Administrative Division 14 of the Seoul Administrative Court (Chief Judge Sanghoon Lee) on the same day. An immediate appeal is a procedure to appeal to a higher court against a court decision, and must be filed with the original court within 7 days from the date of service.

Previously, Sarang Jeil Church continued to hold in-person worship services every Sunday despite the ban on face-to-face worship under social distancing level 4, received two orders to suspend operations, but ignored them and continued in-person worship, resulting in a facility closure order from Seongbuk-gu on the 19th of this month. Sarang Jeil Church filed a lawsuit requesting the suspension of the enforcement of the order but lost the case the day before.

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