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【吉報】統一教会カルトの創始者・自称教祖の「文鮮明」頓死
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Unification Church Founder Rev. Moon Dies at 92
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
GAPYEONG, South Korea September 2, 2012 (AP)
Officials say the religious leader who founded the Unification Church and built it into a multibillion-dollar
business empire has died in South Korea at age 92.
Church officials said Monday that the Rev. Sun Myung Moon died at a hospital the church owns near
his home in Gapyeong (GAHP' young) after being hospitalized with pneumonia last month.
The patriarch and founder of the controversial Unification Church gained fame in the 1970s and 1980s
for pairing up and marrying off thousands of followers at elaborate mass weddings. Critics accused
the church of demanding cult-like devotion from its followers.
The church also built a business empire that included newspapers, schools, a ski resort and dozens of
other ventures in several countries, including a peace institute, carmaker and hotel in North Korea.