On August 12, 2022, fully armed SWAT team police raided a cafeteria and some fifty private homes of students of what they claimed was a criminal “cult.”
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Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 4. Punishing Volunteers
Even those Family Federation members who perform valuable volunteer work have been harassed based on dubious theories spread by anti-cult lawyers.
Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 3. Media Slander Leads to Discrimination
Because of the media campaign after the Abe assassination, some young believers had their job offers cancelled, lost their jobs, and were divorced by their spouses.
Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 2. A Biased Agency for Cultural Affairs
When dealing with the Agency, second-generation Family Federation believers felt discriminated and humiliated.
Second-Generation Unification Church Believers Discriminated in Japan. 1. A Tale of Two Petitions
An award-winning investigative journalist from the “Hanada” magazine explains how the government favored anti-Unification-Church petitioners against those who defended the church.
Loup Blanc. 4. The Shaman, the Anti-Cultists, and the Police
Anti-cultists started attacking Loup Blanc in the 1990s, but only after the 2020 their campaign gained momentum. He was arrested in December 2021.
Loup Blanc. 3. Tantra and Sexuality
Although Tantric sexual practices were never a prominent part of Loup Blanc’ teachings, they are at the center of the criminal case against him.
Loup Blanc. 2. A Community in Search of Self-Liberation
A look at the disciples and teachings of Loup Blanc, the French spiritual teacher who has been arrested in 2021.
Loup Blanc. 1. The Making of a (Jailed) Shaman
French media have published dozens of articles on Cyrille Adam (Loup Blanc) after he was accused of sexual abuse and arrested in 2021. Who is he?
“Sayuri Ogawa”: When “Apostates” Slander the Unification Church. 5. Why the Story Is Not Believable
Her parents’ testimony and the “Hanada” magazine’s investigation clarified that what Sayuri told the media may not conceivably be true.