Word: unificationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jailing Moon in June? When the Rev. Sun Myung Moon was convicted of filing false income tax returns in 1982, he was among the most criticized and reviled religious leaders in America. Nonetheless, a variety of national religious groups, ranging from liberal Protestant to fundamentalist, joined in to give moral...
For his part, British Secretary for Northern Ireland James Prior expressed doubt that "any dramatic initiative" was possible and scolded the forum for its "nationalist interpretation of past events." Other senior British officials dismissed the options for Irish unification as "shallow" and "naive."
The Unification Church--whose membership numbers 40,000--is led by Rev. Moon, Who cam to the United States from Korea in the 1960's
Claude A. Villee, professor of biochemistry, joined the board at its inception 18 months ago. He was invited to become a board member because he had participated in several conferences sponsored by the Unification Church's International Cultural Foundation, he said yesterday.
All of the company's budget--$5 million for the next five years--comes from the Unification Church and includes money to pay each board member $250 for each meeting they attend.