'Happiness, love' at Moonie mass wedding after Japanese court blow

Mass wedding, messier truths: Moonies say ‘I do’ amid cult claims and Japan crackdown

GAPYEONG (South Korea), April 23 — They’ve been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town nestled in South Korea, thousands of “Moonies” gathered this month for a mass wedding. Around 1,300 couples from dozens of countries tied the knot at the Unification Church’s sprawling headquarters in Gapyeong, north of Seoul, under the supervision of their controversial leader, known as the “h…

'Happiness, love' at Moonie mass wedding after Japanese court blow

They've been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town nestled in South Korea, thousands of "Moonies" gathered this month for a mass wedding.

Despite the condemnations in Japan, the Unification Church perpetuates its massive unions, mixing spirituality and polemics. In the heart of the South Korean mountains, more than a thousand couples from all over the world came together during a ceremony orchestrated by the Unification Church. This event, organized in the World Peace Centre in Gapyeong, embodies [...] The article Collective Marriages of the Moon in Korea: a tradition that defies …

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Japan: Dissolution of the Unification Church. The Duval Report. 3. Reading the Decision

The District Court relied not only on civil cases but also on settlements and statements, and ignored the issue of deprogramming. by Patricia Duval Article 3 of 3. Read article 1 and article 2. Patricia Duval discussing the religious liberty crisis in Japan at the 2025 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington DC. In the decision of March 25, 2025, of the Tokyo District Court, ordering the dissolution of the Unification Church, the co…