Petition calling for ex-Unification Church’s disbandment handed to govt.
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Former followers of the religious group previously known as the Unification Church and their supporters have petitioned the government ask a court to issue an order to remove the group’s legal status as a religious corporation.
The campaigners on Friday handed a letter of request to an official of the Cultural Affairs Agency, which oversees religious organizations.
Attached to the letter is an online petition with more than 204,000 signatures that had been collected in less than two months.
The religious group has been criticized for its dubious marketing practice known as spiritual sales as well as soliciting large donations.
The letter argues that the damage inflicted by the group is grave and continuing.
It also says the country has failed to address the problem, and the situation should be corrected quickly.
Content retrieved from: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20221209_33/.
It’s very ironic how the assassination’s of a former Prime Minister Abe of Japan led to sympathy for the assassin, whose family was exploited by the Unification Church.