Moonies

Fact Sheet

Name	Moonies
Alternate name(s)	- Family Federation for World Peace and Unification - Unification Church - The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity - Holy Spirit Association - Women's Federation for World Peace - Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (C.A.R.P.) - Also see our more complete list of Moon Front Groups
Leader(s)	- Sun Myung Moon
Founder(s)	- Sun Myung Moon
Established	1954
Websites	- www.unification.org - www.familyfed.org - www.worldcarp.org - www.pwpa.org - www.ffwpui.org
Quick links	Critical links | Resources | Audio/Video | News

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Moonies News

• Apr. 14, 2007: Moon waning in Washington?
• Feb. 26, 2007: Why US Shields Japan's WWII Denials
• Feb. 19, 2007: Moon/Bush: Ongoing Crime Enterprise
• Feb. 7, 2007: Former Catholic Archbishop seeks guidance of self-proclaimed Messiah
• Feb. 5, 2007: Reverend Kevin Thompson: Moon knew about illegal shark catching
• Feb. 5, 2007: Fair, Balanced, Moonie
• Feb. 1, 2007: The Man vs. Moon
• Feb. 1, 2007: The Moonies and the Sharks
• Feb. 1, 2007: GOP's $3 Billion Propaganda Organ - part 3: Hating America
• Feb. 1, 2007: GOP's $3 Billion Propaganda Organ - part 2: Mysterious Money
• Feb. 1, 2007: GOP's $3 Billion Propaganda Organ - part 1
• Nov. 27, 2006: Neil Bush's family values
• Oct. 4, 2006: Unification Church ordered to pay Y280 mil over fraudulent sales
• Sep. 21, 2006: Hell of a 'Times'
• Sep. 4, 2006: Sushi and Rev. Moon

Details

• Introduction
• History of the Moon Organisation
• Methods taught by the Moon Organisation
• What the Moon Organisation believes
• How the Moon Organisation is perceived by the outside world
• If you are a current member
• The Truth About Sun Myung Moon (Steve Hassan, revised Sep. 2000)

Critical Links

• Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung Moon? (by journalist John Gorenfeld)
• Dark Side of the Moon (American Atheist, Spring 2000)
• Moonies in Japan (National Network of Lawyers Against the Spiritual Sales, Apr. 20 1999)
• The Moonies (article serie, Free America, Harry V. Martin and David Caul)
• New Covenant Publications: a Counter Cult Ministry
• Open Letter to Former President George Bush (Steve Hassan)
• Leader's Son Missed Message
• Allen Tate Wood
• True Light Educational Ministry

Resources

Moon Front Groups

• Complete list of Moon/Unification Church front groups (160 KB)
• Moon front groups report sections:
• Moon recruiting fronts
• Moon religious fronts
• Moon political fronts
• Moon media fronts
• Moon cultural & social fronts
• Bands
• Other
• Moon Businesses: United States and Canada
• Moon Businesses: Foreign Countries

Misc.

• Jews and Judaism in Rev. Moon's Divine Principle (Rabbi A. James Rudin, 1976)
• Power Posts of the Unification Church (positive and controversial issues concerning the Unification Church)
• The Failed $48 Million Movie, Inchon
• A Brief Critical Examination of the Divine Principle Theory of History (Pilot Study by Jane E. M. Williams and Allen Tate Wood, 1982)
• Five Elements of Cult Counseling ( Allen Tate Wood)

US Government investigations

• Intelligence documents concerning Unification Church (US Department of Defense, 1994)
• Investigation of Korean-American Relations (U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, Oct. 31 1978) (PDF version, 170KB)

Politics, Influence and Moon

• US Politics:
• The Bush-Kim-Moon Triangle of Money (The Consortium, Robert Parry, March 10 2001)
• Rev. Moon, North Korea & the Bushes (The Consortium, Robbert Parry, Oct. 2000)
• Dark Side of Rev. Moon (The Consurtium, Investigative Reporting)
• Honor thy parents (Washington City Paper, Sep. 1995)
• On the Rebound (LA Times, Oct. 1996)
• Celebrities Pulled Into Moon's Orbit Speakers Unaware of Conclave's Cult Link (Washington Post, Jul. 1996)
• A Church at a Crucial Stage (Boston Globe, Jun. 1980)
• Million Moon March (Salon, Oct. 2000, Sun Myung Moon's ties to Louis Farrakhan's "Million Family March")
• Moon and UPI (MediaChannel.org, article serie on Moon's acquisition of UPI and Moon's media outlets)
• Sex-ed
• Group Founded by Sun Myung Moon Preaches Sexual Abstinence in China (New York Times, Sep 2000: free registration required)
• 'Moonie' Affiliated Organization Teaching Sex Ed in Chicago Public Schools (Illinois Caucus For Adolescent Health press release, Jul. 2000)
• Other:
• Uproar after Moonies buy town (BBC News, Oct. 14 2000)
• The Moonies Have Landed (The Economist, Nov. 1998)
• His Father Preaches Peace, and He Makes Guns (Boston Globe, Mar. 1999)

Internal

• Letter on "True Father's" Instructions ([Chung Hwan Kwak->], Apr. 23, 2000)
• Letter on Changes in the American Branch of the Unification Movement ([Chang Shik Yang->], National Headquarters, Apr. 24 2000)
• True Father Reverend Sun Myung Moon ([Sun Myung Moon->], Dec. 7 2000)

Books

• Gifts of Deceit : Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean Scandal (Boettcher, Robert B. NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980)
• Heartbreak and Rage: Ten Years Under Sun Myung Moon, A Cult Survivor's Memoir (by Gordon Neufeld)

Statements By Former Members

• My Four and One Half Years With The Lord of The Flies (Allen Tate Wood)
• My Life in the Unification Church (Danny Harth)
• I Served Three Jobs While a Moonie (Danny Harth)
• Nowhere to be Seen (Gordon Neufeld)
• Former Member joined Moonies in France
• Essay 1 (Veronique Fournier)
• Essay 2 (Veronique Fournier)
• Ex-Members Speak Out about Moon Mass Wedding (open letter from Alan Tate Wood, open letter from Daniel Henderson)
• Statement from ex-member (Bora Uzima)
• Letter to Steve Hassan from ex-member (Deb Brandt)

Statements by parents and friends

• Sun Myung Moon’s Family Values: A Mother’s Story (Cynthia Lilly, Dec. 1997)
• Send them home (Open letter by a concerned parent, 1997)
• Letter to Longtime Friend in the Moonies, from a Friend and Former Moonie (John)

Mass weddings

• Moonies Recruit Christian Clergy for Mass Blessing (Apr. 27, 2002)
• Protest against Moon wedding (Nov. 1997)
• Moon wedding media briefing (Steve Hassan, Nov. 1997)
• Moon mass wedding information sheet (Nov. 1997)
• Joint Declaration Concerning the Moon Organization and Mass Wedding (Sep. 1997)
• Open letter to Whitney Houston concerning her appearance at mass wedding (former members, 1997)
• Christian Call to Protest the Moon Mass Wedding Festival (1997)
• At RFK, Moon Presides Over Mass Wedding; Whitney Houston Is a No-Show (Washington Post, Nov. 1997)

Cult tactics

• Ex-Moonie Meets Resistance (Salem News, 1997)
• Ex-Moonie Says Cult Groups Are Preying on Russians; Analyst Sees Ex-communists as Easy Targets (Boston Globe, Nov. 1992)
• Converts at What Price? Unification's Techniques Not Unusual (Boston Globe, Jan. 1980)
• $20 Florida Excursion: A Brainwashing Effort? (Boston Globe, Dec. 1979)

Audio/Video

• Feb. 27, 2007: Moonies: Cults and the Media
• Feb. 27, 2007: Moon: Emperor Of the Universe
• Feb. 5, 2007: Reverend Kevin Thompson: Moon knew about illegal shark catching
• Sep. 20, 2006: The Way
• Sep. 20, 2006: Escape from the Moonies
• Dec. 1, 1997: Greater Boston - The Unification Church
• Jul. 27, 1993: Sen. Orrin Hatch & the Moonies