The Court in Japan orders the dissolution of the Church for Unification star-news.press/wp

Tokyo – The Church for the Unification in Japan was ordered by a dissolved court on Tuesday after the Government request prompted an investigation into the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Church based in South Korea announced that they consider an immediate appeal in revoking its legal status of Tokyo District Court, which would take away its privileges tax-free and require the liquidation of his property.

The order was followed by the request of the Japanese Ministry of Education in 2023. to dissolve the influential sect, quoting manipulative fundraising and recruiting tactics hunting among followers and harmed their families.

In the judgment, the Court said that the problems of the church were extensive and continuous, and that the order of dismissal was necessary because it is unlikely to reform it, according to NHK television.

“We believe that our claims are accepted,” said the Chief Secretary of Yoshimas Hayashi, told reporters, adding that the government would continue efforts to support the victims of the Church.

The Japanese branch of the church criticized the request as a serious threat to religious freedom and the human rights of his followers.

The church called the court ordered regret and unfairly and said that the court’s decision is based on “wrong legal interpretation and absolutely unacceptable.”

Tomihiro Tanaka, the president of the Japanese branch of the church, accused the Government of “Fictional Damage”. The church is “not a malicious group that should be dissolved,” he said on Tuesday.

The investigation of the ABE assassination revealed the relationships during the decades between the Church and the Japanese Administration of the Liberal Democratic Party. The Church received legal status in Japan in the 1960s during the anti-communist movement that supports Abe’s grandfather, former Nobusuk Kishi Prime Minister.

The man charged with killing Abe smoked the church and blamed him for his family’s financial troubles.

The church, which officially calls the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is the first religious group, which is a subject to revocation orders based on the violation of the Civil Law in Japan. Two earlier cases included a criminal charges – Aum Shinrikyo Doomsday Kult, which was attacked by the Sarin nervous gas on the Tokyo system, and the Myokakuja Group, whose managers are convicted of fraud.

To seek the dissolution of the Church, the Ministry of Education brought 5,000 documents and evidence to the Court based on an interview with more than 170 people.

The church tried to direct the decision on the slaves, using them to buy a set of goods and donate outside their financial ability and cause fear and their families say seriously deviating from the law on religious groups, officials and experts.

The cultural affairs agency said that the settlements have reached 20 billion yen ($ 132 million) in or external courts and included more than 1,500 people.

Lawyers who represent those looking for compensation from the church, welcomed the court decision as the main first step towards release.

“We must continue our effort to achieve compensation and prevention of future problems,” said the head of Susum Murakoshi, demanding that the Church accepts the warrant order and provide an apology and compensation for all victims.

The church was founded in Seoul in 1954. year late rev. Sunny Myung moon, self-proclaimed medium, who preached new interpretations of the Bible and conservative, family-oriented value systems.

The nickname “Moonies”, after its founding, developed relations with conservative world leaders, including President Donald Trump, as well as his predecessors of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Hw Bush.

The church faced accusations in the 1970s and the 1980s use of agricultural employment tactics and washing the brain of adherence to the converted huge parts of their salaries to the moon. In Japan, the group faced lawsuits for offering “spiritual goods” that allegedly made members buy expensive art and jewelry or sell their property to raise donations for the church.

The church recognized excessive donations, but says the problem is reduced since the group has amplified the respect for 2009. years.

Experts say that Japanese followers are asked to pay for sins committed by their ancestors during the colonial rule of Japan 1910-1945, and most church world funding comes from Japan.