Jeong appeared on MBN’s “Special Report World,” which aired on Feb. 5.
He said his younger sister also underwent a shamanic initiation ritual, but her health deteriorated. “She couldn’t use her back, couldn’t walk, and couldn’t even hold up her neck, so she ended up bedridden,” he said.
He added that she had one kidney removed and grew steadily weaker. “She held on for 10 years, then passed away last year,” he said.
Jeong said he has struggled with guilt. “I regret everything, and I feel like it’s all my fault,” he said.
He said he has lived apart from his family for more than 20 years, and that his wife and their son and two daughters are now in the United States. He said his oldest daughter had pulmonary arterial hypertension and later developed heart problems. “Even if she had lived, her life wouldn’t have been long,” he said.
He said he lost his first child, and that his youngest son died in his arms three days after birth. “They say you bury your child in your heart,” he said.
Jeong also described how he became a shaman, saying he had been seriously ill. “I hurt all over, especially my stomach, but when I went to the hospital they said nothing was wrong,” he said. He added that he kept hearing sounds in his ears and said he began seeing and hearing things, making him wonder whether he had a mental illness.
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