The Supreme Court upheld a ruling against the Unification Church and pushed the scandal-ridden religious organization closer toward dissolution. In a decision dated March 3, the Supreme Court ruled that the church, now officially called the Family Federation for World…[Continue Reading...]
Follow the Leader is a four-part docuseries investigating various fringe cultures across the Americas, beginning with vigilante predator hunters in the first episode and continuing on with the “Passport Bros” in the second segment. In each mini-documentary, host Jamali Maddix…[Continue Reading...]
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…[Continue Reading...]
On Feb. 11, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals will hear a largely unknown case that has potential nationwide influence on the legal doctrine of “ecclesial abstention.” For decades, this legal doctrine has shielded courts from adjudicating cases deemed…[Continue Reading...]
The October 2024 general election dealt a serious blow to the LDP-Kōmeitō ruling coalition. Suzuki Eito, a specialist in the dealings of the Korean Unification Church, examines the connections between the religious organization and Japan’s political parties that may have…[Continue Reading...]
The Liberal Democratic Party said it will continue working to thoroughly sever its ties with the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church, while opposition parties called for the establishment of a third-party organization…[Continue Reading...]
Newly appointed Justice Minister Hideki Makihara, who has admitted to attending dozens of Unification Church events in the past, reaffirmed Friday that he has cut all ties with the religious group. The 53-year-old minister admitted Tuesday that he and his…[Continue Reading...]
Twenty-four of the 54 state ministers and parliamentary vice ministers in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet had ties to the religious group Unification Church, according to an analysis by The Asahi Shimbun. However, none were found to have been implicated…[Continue Reading...]
A former staff member at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party candidate’s office detailed how the former Unification Church, now known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, gave its organized support to the candidate. The former staffer of…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- Garbage piled up in his family's home. He had to miss long stretches of school to take part in "study sessions." These were just two aspects of being a "blessed second-generation" member of the Unification Church (now the…[Continue Reading...]
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