Confidential documents show that lawyers contacted parents who had never complained about their children’s involvement in the church and urged them to hire deprogrammers.
Testimonies Global
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 5. Testimonies in Court
The leading anti-cult lawyers acknowledged during cross-examination that they referred parents to deprogrammers.
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 4. The Deprogrammers’ Manual
The late Pastor Kyoko Kawasaki published in 1990 a guide to deprogramming, expressly inciting the use of violence against the believers.
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 3. The Pact with the United Church of Christ of Japan
Secular left-wing anti-cult lawyers cooperated with Protestant ministers who acted as deprogrammers.
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 2. The Case of Dr. Koide
A medical doctor was kidnapped and confined to “de-convert” him from the Unification Church.
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 1. Kidnapping Believers
Many civil cases cited in the dissolution decision were initiated by deprogrammed devotees compelled to sue the Church to prevent being confined again.
Pakistan, School Textbooks on Non-Religious Subjects Subtly Promote Discrimination
A report from the Center for Social Justice examined 145 textbooks, concluding that most disparage religious minorities.
Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks. 2. Deprogramming and Slander
The second part of an interview the leader of the Unification Church in Japan gave to “Seiron” magazine for its June issue.
Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks. 1. The Dissolution Verdict
The June 2025 issue of the magazine “Seiron” allows the church leader to present his version of the facts. “Bitter Winter” publishes an English translation of extensive excerpts from the interview.
PierLuigi Zoccatelli, CESNUR, and the “Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy”
The late scholar’s “crazy idea” was to create an interpretative rather than merely descriptive tool encompassing the entire Italian religious landscape.