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‘Messiah’ mourned at elaborate Sun Myung Moon funeral
More than 30,000 mourners, many weeping openly, attended the elaborate, flower-strewn funeral in South Korea of their “messiah” and Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. In a ceremony on Saturday that had all the trappings of a state funeral, Moon’s carved, red-lacquer coffin was carried by men in military-style uniforms…
Moon’s death threatens Unification Church stability
The death of Sun Myung Moon robs his Unification Church of the glue that sustained its global following as a cohesive religious and financial force even as membership dwindled from its 1980s peak, analysts say. A messianic movement built on the rubble of the Korean War and exported to countries such as the United States where it found…
Former Unification Church member: ‘I was a Moonie cult leader’
Steven Hassan joined the Unification Church in the 1970s and was a member for more than two years. He now works as a counsellor and has written books about cults and their techniques. I consider myself to be an independent thinker. I was an advanced honours student. I had skipped…
Reverend Sun Myung Moon dies at age of 92
SEOUL — Sun Myung Moon, a self-proclaimed messiah who founded the controversial Unification Church and turned it into a multi-billion dollar business empire, died in South Korea early Monday at the age of 92. Moon, who was hospitalised with complications from pneumonia more than two weeks ago, passed away just…
Sun Myung Moon illness ‘irreversible’: Unification Church
The illness of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon is “irreversible”, the church said Friday, after he was hospitalised with complications from pneumonia more than two weeks ago. Moon, 92, has critical organ failure and is on life support, it said in a statement. Spokesman Ahn Ho-Yeol told AFP that…
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