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A photo taken for the life-long caretaker of Father Jobio by the Soo Sisters’ family at a welfare center in Nam-gu, Gwangju. Digestive Sisters Provided

‘Bank balance of 0 won and 290,000 won’ Before the ruling of former President Chun Doo-hwan (89) on the 30th, the late Father Jobio (1936-2016, real name Cho Cheol-hyun), who called Jeon back to court, it’s getting attention. When Father Cho died, his bank account balance was 0 won. Just before he died, he was willing to hand over his money, books, and even his organs for a neighbor in need. Mr. Jeon also protested that he had nothing in his bank account, saying that he had “only 290,000 won.” However, he has failed to pay a surcharge of almost 100 billion won and continues a boring “ money fight ” with the government. “He was a dedicated priest and a strong father, a solid fence.” This is the image of the late Father Jobio, remembered by Sister Lee Young-hee (67), President of Emmanuel, who met at the Soo Sisters Center at the Disabled Women’s Welfare Center in Nam-gu, Gwangju on the day 27. Lee, who observed for more than 40 years after Father Cho entered into a relationship with the Soo Sisters in 1978, said: “Jobio Monsignol (Honorary Priest of the Holy See) was always poor and humble, like Saint Francis and Santa Teresa Soo. For us, ‘Always be a little flower. “Don’t try to grow up and live happily as you are small,” he recalled. Father Cho, a young man who was full of blood, like learning boxing when he was young, entered Gwangju Catholic Seminary at the age of 26 (1962) and was ordained a priest at the age of 33. He did not bear injustice, and led the Catholic Peasant Association when he was president of the Naju Catholic Church (1973-1976), and during the Democratization Movement of May 18 he participated in the ‘Death March’ and was imprisoned. At the Gwangju Hearing in February 1989, he testified: “I saw soldiers dragging people like dogs, and even though I was a priest, I wanted to shoot (soldiers) if I had an M-16 rifle.”

Father Jobio preaching the Mass, provided by Sohwa Sister Garden

Father Cho was socially upright, but in everyday life, he displayed a spirit of saving power close to that of a meditator. After I retired in 2006, I stayed in Bongseon-dong and only went to a hair salon that costs 5,000 won, the cheapest in town. Even in the middle of summer, she was able to withstand the heat with an electric fan and reluctantly installed a used air conditioner because she couldn’t get past the torch from her family who were concerned about her health. There was also a case where Father Cho’s dressmaker (the person who helped the priest) lost her clothes, which had been worn for a long time, and secretly got rid of her yellow underwear. At 70, Father Cho had no leg strength, so he often fell and had a hole in his pants, but he never bought a new one and always sewed it on himself. In January 2016, the year of his death, the eighth party with 200 members of the Sowha Sisters family was the first and last event for him. She was stingy with herself, but generous with her neighbors. In 1984, when she was head of the Jindo Catholic Church in Jeollanam-do, she listened to her family’s wishes for a Christmas mass. When Sohwa Sisterswon opened the facility in 1985, savings and sponsorships were raised and 20 million won was given to neighbors. Just before he left the world, he heard the news that the convent in Samgeo-dong and the priest’s house in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju did not have enough money, he handed over 100 million won and said, “I don’t have any money anymore.” After the ship’s death, it became known that funding bills from an international aid organization went to Father Cho and secretly sponsored foreign children. On the other hand, Chun Doo-Hwan, who accused Cho of a “scrupulous liar” in his memoirs, is a “May Assassin”. On April 17, 1997, the Supreme Court upheld the court court that sentenced Chun to life imprisonment on charges of insurrection (civil rebellion), massacre, civil rebellion, and murder for the purpose of civil revolt. The court ruled that 12 · 12 was a clear military rebellion, and that May 17 and 18 were civil wars and assassinations for the purpose of civil war. Chun, who was found guilty of arrest in December 1995 and sentenced to death at the first trial, was released after receiving clemency in December 1997.