Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... Under the fundamental principle of criminal justice applied when guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt—In dubio pro reo ("When in doubt, rule in favor of the accused")—the court must declare the defendant…
... this silence as a sign of moral decline. They concluded that religious leaders must return to the essence of religion, recognize that the dissolution order is a threat to all faiths, stand together, and…
Following the finalization of Japan's dissolution order against a prominent religious group and the arrest of several high-profile faith leaders in South Korea under the new Lee Jae-myung administration, Washington has launched formal inquiries into…
Analyzing the Japanese Supreme Court's ruling, Rev. Hiroshi Kurose highlights the critical legal distinction between losing tax-exempt corporate status and the constitutional right of a faith community to continue existing and practicing its beliefs.
Now more than ever, the community must remain unshaken by unverified rumors. It is a time to offer deep devotion and prayers with one heart and mind for True Mother’s liberation, standing together to demonstrate…
The deeper sorrow lies in the reality that, despite being True Parents, the world still does not fully know or recognize them for who they are. For the standing of True Parents is not something…
My responsibility is to uncover facts. Whether those facts are popular or unpopular should not matter. Journalism exists to pursue the truth. If the media reports only one side of a story while ignoring evidence…
Coercive control, spiritual abuse, and trafficking law have each become vehicles for the reintroduction of models that courts and scholars rejected decades ago. The dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, the prosecutions in Argentina,…
... A Minister of Justice should guarantee impartiality. He should not prejudge an ongoing investigation. Declaring that “strict punishment is inevitable” before a trial has taken place undermines the credibility of the justice system.
Apparently, collecting donations to help people in other countries is considered a serious crime, and the Japanese must be particularly helpless and gullible for the State to have to protect them—against their will—from the risk…