Claims of donation fraud totaling more than ¥1.9 billion have been made since March 2009 against the Unification Church, according to group of lawyers working to address harm caused by the religious organization. The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to seek a court order to disband the Unification Church, a government source said on Saturday, a move that comes after a monthslong probe into the religious group over allegations of soliciting financially…[Continue Reading...]
CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Friday, September 29, suspended its agreement with the Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) that allowed the group the use of over 300 hectares of protected area in Surigao…[Continue Reading...]
The woman, going by the name of Liz, says her world changed when she was targeted walking through a shopping mall. She told Abbie Chatfield’s podcast It’s A Lot she was convinced to join an art group and the clan…[Continue Reading...]
To his thousands of followers living in a remote island in war-torn southern Philippines, Mr Jey Rence Quilario is the reincarnation of “Santo Nino” – the baby Jesus. But a Senate investigation this week revealed a trail of sexual violence,…[Continue Reading...]
It was revealed yesterday that K-pop groups OnlyOneOf and Cherry Bullet were in the lineup for the 2023 Korean Dream Festa For Korea United that is tied to the Unification Church cult, and it seemed like a long shot that…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — Four ranking members of a religious group posing as a people’s organization were ordered detained at the Senate for not admitting their role in the alleged rape and forced marriages of children in a secluded but fortified…[Continue Reading...]
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – A pro-child advocacy group said Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) leader Jey Rence Quilario should be imprisoned and his alleged cult be disbanded for the safety of those who testified against him at the Senate…[Continue Reading...]
Senators on Thursday ordered the detention of four officers and members of the Surigao del Norte-based group Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) for supposedly lying under oath during an emotional, eight-hour public hearing, where they denied allegations of human rights…[Continue Reading...]
Earlier this month, the Unification Church sold the 46 Beacon St. residence and former club it had owned since 1976 to a pair of local developers, according to Suffolk County Registry of Deeds records. The church, officially the Holy Spirit…[Continue Reading...]
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