Sun Myung Moon, Leader Of Moonies Sect, Dies Unification Church

	Sun Myung Moon, Leader Of Moonies Sect, Dies Unification Church Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a global business empire, has died at the age of 92. The religious leader died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital, owned by his church, in Gapyeong, east of the South Korean capital Seoul, church officials said. Moon, who became a US citizen, had been on life support since Friday after suffering critical organ failure the church had described as "irreversible". Moon believed he was chosen by Jesus Christ to continue the work of establishing an ideal world of peace and harmony. From 1961 until recently, he oversaw mass weddings at which thousands were matched with spouses they sometimes had just met and who were often from different countries. One of the largest ceremonies, held in Seoul's Jamsil Stadium in 1992, saw 30000 couples simultaneously tie the knot. Critics have vilified his ministry as "heretical" and accused it of indoctrinating its followers - often described as Moonies. Born to a farming family in 1920 in what is now North Korea, Moon founded the Unification Church in 1954 and built it into a global religious movement that now claims some three million members.	From: Techrepellant Views: 2 1 ratings
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