‘Moonies’ Church Expected To Appeal Tokyo Court Order To Dissolve
The court says the Federation of World Peace and Unification has inflicted ‘an unprecedentedly large amount of damage’ on Japanese donors, many of whom had offered virtually all their savings under pressure from radical adherents.
SEOUL — No more mass weddings, no more “Moonies”: The wellspring of the funds that the Unification Church has lavished on religious and business activities worldwide is drying up.
That’s the significance of the order handed down by a district court at Tokyo for the Federation of World Peace and Unification, as the church came to be known in Japan, to cease to exist. The church, the court said, has inflicted “an unprecedentedly large amount of damage” on Japanese donors, many of whom had offered virtually all their savings under pressure from radical adherents who wouldn’t leave them alone.
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