Hyo Jin Moon

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Hyo-Jin Moon (Korean: 문효진, Hanja: 文孝進, December 3, 1962 – March 17, 2008) was the eldest son of 14 children of Sun Myung Moon and Hakja Han Moon. For many years he was head of the Unification Church-owned Manhattan Center Studios recording facility in New York City.[citation needed] He served as worldwide president of the student branch of Unificationism, World CARP (Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles).[1]

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[edit] First marriage

At age 19 Hyo Jin was married to a 15-year-old bride, Nansook Hong, chosen for him by his father, Sun Myung Moon. During their fourteen years of marriage, Nan Sook bore him 5 children.[2] In her tell-all book, In the Shadow of the Moons, Nan Sook reports that her husband had long-term problems with substance abuse,[2][3] violent behavior,[2][4] and extra-marital sex.[2][5]

According to Hyo Jin's former assistant Madelene Pretorious, his predicament was made worse when:

He learned, apparently from a family member in 1992, that the long-denied accounts of Moon's sexual rites with early female initiates were true. "When Hyo Jin found out about his father's 'purification' rituals, that took a lot out of wind out of his sails," she said. In late 1994, during conversations in Hyo Jin's suite at the New Yorker Hotel, "he confided a lot of things to me," Pretorious continued. Hyo Jin had discovered, too, that Moon had fathered a child out of wedlock in the early 1970s. Moon arranged for the child to be raised by his longtime lieutenant Bo Hi Pak, Pretorious said. The boy - now a young man - had confronted Hyo Jin, seeking recognition as Hyo Jin's half-brother. Pretorious said she later corroborated the story with other church members.[6]

[edit] Spousal abuse and divorce

Throughout their 14 years of marriage there was a continuous problem with the issues mentioned above, including cocaine addiction and physical abuse, according to Hong.[7] Hong reports that on several occasions (and for more than one child) he punched her repeatedly while threatening to kill the baby she was carrying in her womb; describing this in an interview she relates that Hyo Jin Moon would say "It's a thrill to be violent."[8] Many former members have corroborated her assertions.[9] Fearing for her safety and that of her children,[10] Hong fled the Moon estate in Irvington, New York, in 1995 with her children, and filed for divorce.[2]

In her book, she described beatings, emotional abuse, and days when Hyo Jin would stay locked in the master bedroom “snorting cocaine and watching pornographic videos.” But she also recalled how one day her husband came to her with Bloomingdale’s shopping bags filled with a million dollars in cash. The money was earmarked for his recording studio, Manhattan Center, though Hong alleges that Hyo Jin skimmed off $400,000 for his drug addiction.

[edit] Legal troubles

Judge Edward M. Ginsburg ruled that Hyo Jin pay $8,500 alimony and child support as well as $65,000 for Nansook's legal fees. When Hyo Jin failed to pay the legal fees, he was held in contempt of court and jailed. Later his legal team produced evidence that 3 weeks after his jailing he was cut off from the $84,000 a year he had been receiving from the Swiss-based "True Family Trust," and that he had lost his $60,000 job running the Manhattan Center for health reasons. Hyo Jin claimed he had run out of money and declared bankruptcy, though in the bankruptcy deposition on November 15, 1996, he confirmed that he had received hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash at the Manhattan Center (that was not reported as taxable income). The money reportedly was spent on alcohol, drugs, and entertaining. Hyo Jin was prevented from visitations with his children for nearly two years due to failed drug tests.[2]

[edit] Death

On March 17, 2008 at 9:46 am local time, Hyo Jin Moon died in his birth country of Korea. He died of a heart attack (myocardial infarction) at the Moon family home in Hannam-dong in Seoul, South Korea. FFWPU North American Headquarters announced that his Seung-hwa (ascension) ceremony will be held on March 19, 2008 at 7:00 am at Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center. The Wonjeon (burial) ceremony was held at Paju Wonjeon on March 19, 2008 at 11:am (Korean time).[11]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Greeting, World CARP
  2. ^ a b c d e f A Scion Falls Short of Sinless, Eileen McNamara, Boston Globe December 20 1997
  3. ^ Hong(1998) p. 177, 183-4, 193-4, 214.
  4. ^ Hong(1998). p. 157-8, 177, 183-5, 214. In one incident: "He wiped my blood on his hand and then licked it off. 'Tastes good.' He laughed. 'This is fun.' I was seven months pregnant at the time. While he punched me, I used my hands to shield my tummy. 'I'll kill this baby,' Hyo Jin screamed and I could see he meant it." But Hong admits: "In may ways, Hyo Jin's abusive behavior was a natural response to the environment of coercion and control in the Moon household..."
  5. ^ Hong(1998) p. 105, 188-9, 194-7. Hong asserts she had physical proof, having contracted herpes from Hyo Jin Moon, which would require her to have years of laser treatments. Later, Hyo Jin publicly confessed.
  6. ^ Dark Side of Rev. Moon: Generation Next Robert Parry 1997. Consortiumnews.com, The Consortium for Independent Journalism, Inc. Quotations are from In the Shadow of the Moons.
  7. ^ Hong(1998)
  8. ^ Nansook Hong on Hyo Jin Moon in interview on WBZ Boston News on television.
  9. ^ "Money, Guns, and God" by Christopher S. Stewart, Conde Nast Portfolio, October 2007
  10. ^ Nansook Hong, interviewed by Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes, September 20, 1998
  11. ^ Official FFWPU Ascension Ceremony Announcement

[edit] References

  • Hong, Nansook. (1998). In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family. Little, Brown. (ISBN 0-316-34816-3)

[edit] External links

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