A cult led by a fugitive former Moonie wanted on rape charges coerced more than 300 Japanese members to wed in mass ceremonies modeled on South Korea’s Unification Church, say former cultists.
They said cult founder Jung Myung Seok would interview prospective brides and sometimes sexually assaulted them. Jung, 61, apparently viewed mass weddings as a means of increasing the cult membership. [...]
Members are required to submit the results of health checks. Women are personally interviewed by Jung and asked about past romances.
Jung sometimes sexually assaulted the women during those interviews, former cultists said.
Mass weddings are between partners found under time pressure. During one of the last people got to “choose” from a maximum of 10 people they would meet right then and there. Who they would marry for life would have to be decided within 3 days.
Some cult members would have an emotional crisis as they were enable to find someone. But one cult member who did find a wife later found out they held very different values. They divorced.
This article contains a summary extract from the full article as it appeared in Asahi, Aug. 3, 2006
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