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"Bush Helps Rev. Moon Spread the News in Latin
America" -- reports that his November trip to Buenos Aires
was the third time former President George Bush has spoken at
Moon-related conferences. Mentions that Jerry Falwell and Pat
Robertson have also been involved with Unification Church affiliates.
Church State, Jan '97, p17. From Apologia Report -- Volume 2:
Number 5 -- March 10, 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Bush, Falwell, North: Moon Struck" by Robert Parry
-- theme of this issue, traces the Bush/Moon relationship back
to 1976 and chronicles developments between them including Bush's
multiple speaking engagements at UC events over the last year.
Ties a $3.5 million grant from the UC affiliate Women's Federation
for World Peace to "Mr. [Jerry] Falwell's people" at
Christian Heritage Foundation. Notes that Falwell has also been
speaking globally in UC-sponsored events. Questions the biographical
history of Moon and his church. Reviews the bizarre story of
Nansook Moon, ex-wife of Moon's son and one-time heir apparent,
Hyo Jin. Concludes with the story of one mother's trial to see
her son out of the UC. A lengthy expose overall. IF Magazine,
Sep/Oct '97. Special thanks to Fred Miller for passing this resource
on to us. From Apologia Report -- Volume 2: Number 32 -- October
6, 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"The GOP's Own Asian Connection: Rev. Moon" by Robert
Parry -- along with assorted political details, includes a shocking
allegation that a Moon organization "funneled $3.5 million
to [Jerry Falwell's then-desperate] Liberty University through
a clandestine channel" -- apparently the Women's Federation
for World Peace. Parry adds that "Moon money could prove
embarrassing to the Republicans because of Moon's growing contempt
for the United States and its democratic principles." "On
March 5, 1995, for instance, Moon announced in one sermon that
'you must realize that America has become the kingdom of Satan.'
On Aug. 4, 1996, he vowed that after his movement gains power,
Americans who insist on maintaining their individuality 'will
be digested.'" Los Angeles Times, Nov 16 '97, pM6. From
Apologia Report -- Volume 2: Number 39 -- November 24, 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"A Church in Flux Is Flush With Cash" by Marc Fisher
and Jeff Leen -- part one of a two-part series. An excellent
overall, current profile of the Unification Church's fiscal operations.
For example, "in the Washington area, ... the movement controls
more than $300 million in commercial, political and cultural
enterprises. ... a seemingly endless flow of cash [comes] from
the Far East. That has enabled them to buy new businesses such
as the Nostalgia Network cable channel and even help bail out
the Rev. Jerry Falwell's foundering Liberty University. ...
'Of course, the whole thing is to buy respectability,' said
Marvin Borderlon, a Roman Catholic ex-priest who is president
of the American Conference on Religious Movements, a Rockville-based
group that fights discrimination against new religions. The group
is funded by the Church of Scientology, the Hare Krishna organization,
and most of all, by Unificationists, who give him $3,000 a month,
Borderlon said. 'They'll have a conference on the essence of
religious founders, like Buddha, Jesus and guess who,' Borderlon
said. 'He gets a room full of academics to sit there while he
pronounces himself the Messiah.
He gets his picture taken with them. He gets credibility,
they get to have their conference. It's all very messy.' ...
The road to that credibility, critics say, is paved with cash."
Those on the receiving end, as noted in this article, include
Col. Oliver L. North, George and Barbara Bush, and Rev. Jerry
Falwell. Washington Post, Nov 23 '97, pA01. From Apologia Report
-- Volume 2: Number 40 -- December 8, 1997 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Moon-Related Funds Filter to Evangelicals" by John
W. Kennedy -- largely a rundown of Jerry Falwell's involvement
with Moon to the tune of several million dollars. Includes the
contradiction that Falwell (spelled "Fallwell" throughout
the article) told Fred Miller of the True Light Educational Ministry
and others in a private meeting in December 1997 that he would
stop speaking for UC-affiliated events. In this story he says
he will continue just as he has been with Moon all along. Christianity
Today, Feb 9 '98, p82. From Apologia Report 3:7 -- February 16,
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