Unification Church (“Moonie cult”) family still fighting over billions in court as reported by Moon controlled newspapaer the Washington Times.
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An appeals court in the District grappled Tuesday with a thorny case involving control of $3 billion in assets of the Unification Church and whether judges are violating the First Amendment if they try to settle the dispute over how the money was used.
The three-judge panel seemed wary of wading into the dispute, suggesting it was wrapped in ecclesiastical questions of church hierarchy and mission that the courts aren’t able to sort through.
On one side is the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International, which says it is carrying out the wishes of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the late founder of the global church.
Opposing them is Preston Moon, the late reverend’s eldest son, who at one point appeared to be the reverend’s successor before having that called into question.
The Family Federation says Preston Moon and his Unification Church International (UCI) took money and property that was supposed to go to the church’s mission — some $3 billion worth, in current value — and siphoned it away to his own projects.
Cathy Hinger, who represented the Family Federation, said if her clients are allowed to make the argument in lower courts, they could prove Preston Moon acted out of bad faith and self-dealing, and that the money should revert to the federation.
“The issue is the transfers became a vehicle to essentially launder the D.C. nonprofit assets of all the protection and guardrails of the D.C. nonprofit laws,” she told the court.
Content retrieved from: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/unification-church-dispute-funds-gets-day-court-d-/.
