European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A. Neefe Aerial wit i thue up unification Church s new York training Center. By Amalia Lopez staff writer f you re not Back by monday Well come look ing for you. They Are very Clever and will try jus about anything to make you want to become one of  was this a secret Mission i was going on that was the cause of such concern by my friends actually i was going on a weekend religious Retreat in Camberg just North of Frankfurt with the monies the controversial sect that Many parents claim kidnapped and brainwashed their  by Trees with a Brook running alongside and a few fat Lazy cows grazing nearby stood the two houses that Are a training Center of the the holy spirit association for the unification of world christianity or unification Church movement founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon the self proclaimed third Adam and new Messiah. A letter to the stars and stripes had aroused my inter est. The letter from a woman in Stuttgart described How she lost her Daugher to the monies. I tried to talk with a Young woman who used to be my daughter wrote Judy fish. Her voice was different her eyes had strange look when i could see them she avoided looking at me directly she affected a Superior attitude toward me and she could not answer a single pertinent question about her new found  i had heard the monies ran a Tea shop in Frankfurt and a Friend came up with a mailing address. Since i had attend stateside Jesus movement and zen buddhism sessions As a College student i wrote a letter saying i was interested in their movement. A couple of weeks later the monies in Darmstadt contacted me. After a few talks they invited me to a weekend Retreat. I arrived late Friday night with my two Moonie  they dressed in their sunday suits i wore ribbed overalls. Entering the girls House i found very clean Cut girls in skirts or Pant outfits. It reminded me of a College sorority House. Finding an empty upper bunk i tried to sleep but with visions of they la discover i m a reporter and murder me in my sleep dancing in my head it was t easy. The intensive brainwashing heavy drilling with Little sleep even less food and Little or no time alone to think of what they were preaching or to discuss Moon s divine principles with others never happened. Except for an overzealous emphasis on anti communism it was like going to summer Camp with boys Sepa rated from the girls. Singing three solid meals per Day plus cake and Coffee at 3 p.m., nature walks and three i a hour lec Tures on Moon s principles saturday and one on sunday and lots of free time in Between provided a very Mellow relatively uneventful weekend. The Little farmhouse buzzed with the enthusiasm of mostly 18-to-24-year-Olds who Are United under the Ideal that there is still Hope of saving the world from its evil ways. Although Many outraged parents vow that their Chil Dren usually at least 18, have been brainwashed by very Clever psychological tactics and that after joining the Church they have a strange look about them especially their eyes the Only tactic resembling brainwashing used at the Germany training Center was to make the first Issue of Moonie newspaper in new York. Young idealists believe that there is still Hope of saving this corrupt  the Moonie teachings a very Strong emphasis is placed on one line of the Bible that says Man should be fruitful multiply and have lordship Over the rest of creation genesis 1 28. This was to be done after Adam and eve reached perfection which the Church uses As a synonym for fruitful. Perfect Moon and his perfect wife reportedly his fourth according to the new York times Are certainly trying to carry out the multiply part. At last count they had nine Little monies. I got a Chance to talk alone with Many Moon women at the farm asking what their goals As woman in the movement were. To be fruitful or have a harmonious Union of mind and body within them selves but More importantly to multiply once the found a perfect Man was the Standard answer. In t it hard enough finding someone far from Perfecto love did t limiting possible mates to perfect men drastically reduce the number of prospects they All had Faith that Prince perfect would come along. No mention was made of Moon s mass mating  example on feb. 8, 1975, Moon performed a mass wedding ceremony for 1,800 couples from 20 countries a Seoul s Changchun gymnasium. The couples were strangers to each other until they were hand picked by the master himself according to an army times mag Azine article. The new Hope for christianity As Moon commonly Calls his religion is an Odd mixture of Christian theology and Eastern thought. It goes like this Adam and eve were destined to be perfect their body and spirit were Well on their Way to becoming one perfect harmonious Union and therefore their offspring were to be raised and taught to be perfect creating a race of perfect Man without evil or suffering. But be cause eve was tempted by the sly Serpent their Mission failed. Jesus was the second Adam sent by god to succeed where the first had failed. He did not come to be Cruci fied but to marry and produce a family and later a race of perfect men. Jesus failed according to Moon s teachings because John the Baptist did t carry out his Mission As a sort of or Man to Jesus. The reason christianity has made the wrong Assumption that Jesus was born to be crucified according to a speech made by Moon at Madison Square Garden in new York in 1974, is because the Bible is a coded message so that Only god s agents or champions could decipher it except for on overzealous emphasis on anti communism it was like going to summer Camp not the enemy. If god revealed his strategy too openly or plainly that information would be used by the enemy against his own  is according to Moon one of god s champions. The teachers of Moon s religion often Young monies compare the 2,000 years before Christ when god was pre paring Man for the comming of the Messiah to the 2,000years after and conclude that the third Adam May Al ready be among us. Because Jesus blew it Moon is Here As the third Adam to do things right. On easter morning in 1936, Sun Myung Moon was deep in prayer on a korean Mountainside when Jesus Christ appeared to him and told him that he had an important Mission to accomplish in the fulfilment of god s Providence said Bohi Pak special assistant to Rev. Moon in a Brief biography. A nationwide tour of the ., publicized with poster Sand advertisements in prominent newspapers brought the 56-year-old Moon almost instant Success. All the monies i talked with ranging from four Yea veterans of the movement to recent recruits were con Vinced America was the choose land the modern Dayland of milk and Honey. Reminded of social injustices and International entanglements one Moonie briskly ended the conversation and broke into an energetic rendering of god bless  in his divine will at his appointed hour god has raised up one great nation upon this blessed land the United states of America said Moon at the Waldorf As Toria in 1974. In such a Short time within Only 200 years god and the american people together have brought Forth one of the most miraculous achievements in his tory. This Miracle is great evidence that god s abundant love has been poured out upon this great land of  god who loves America must especially love this City of new York because new York is the greatest Citrin  there Are approximately 30,000 monies roaming around god s country claims the unification Church most of them people in their 20s. The monies freely admit that a rough bumpy and narrow Road is in store once a Moonie recruit is knowledgeable enough to go out into the streets to peddle the religion. Most people choose the Road that is smooth and Well paved or the Road of evil and sin but As they Progress through their lives toward the end the Road keeps get Ting rougher and More narrow said a Moonie who identified himself Only As Greg a two year Moonie from England now working in Germany. As members of the Church our Road is rough and full of obstacles in the beginning but it will gradually get smoother and will Widen and we will come out  of the monies have worked in different coun tries. We have centers in about 120 countries said Greg beaming proudly. Many monies find themselves in strange countries with Little Money and often Little Orno familiarity with the language. The obstacles in some countries Are much greater thanin others. The Center in Paris was broken into and ran sacked with literature and pictures of Moon  was really frightened i thought they were going to throw us out the third Story window but we were All mass Moon marriage ceremony for 1,800 perfect couples conducted in 1975 in Korea by the third Adam himself. A kneeling and praying when they broke in and they did touch us said Greg. I Ater in Paris a bomb was placed near a window of a room where about eight Brothers usually slept. No one was in the room but a woman an older Church member was near the door and her foot was blown off according to Greg. In comparison to the hardships endured by Ordinary members of the unification Church or recruiters the korean born Moon leads a life of luxury in his Tudor mansion in new York. The Villa is filled with Antiques and he travels in limousines occasionally going night clubbing in Las vegas. He sends his children to private schools in chauffeured limousines with bodyguards according to the army times.  live modestly away from the farm anode Semi to a Large extent on neighbors who give them  training Center in Camberg consists of the girls House with sleeping quarters a Library and a lecture room. The boys House includes a Kitchen and dining room. The handsome buildings once housed a restaurant. The have two Large new passenger buses and 16 House trailers used on Cross country to unification campaigns. The number of Active members and new recruits Range from about 10 during the week to As Many As 70 on weekends. They Are Well fed and so Are the three fat cows. Who pays for All these things one woman answered that almost All of them monies had jobs and pooled their Money so they could afford All these recruiting aids for their Church. A Large number of the monies at the farm had been to America touring with Moon in 74, and their plane tick ets according to one Moonie were paid for in the Safeway. Their newspaper in Germany Only a couple of months in existence provides Little if any funds. A shop they have in Frankfurt Sells Ginseng Tea that most of the monies themselves can t afford to buy and other Ginseng products. In new York the news world a color daily newspaper started . 31, 1976, according to published statements by its president and publisher Dennis Orme could afford to lose $4 million during 1977 and still keep going Accord ing to the Village  world reduced in Price from the original Quarter to a dime to be More competitive is currently car Rev. Sun Myung Moon acknowledging cheers of followers at Yankee stadium in june 1976. Page 14 the stars and stripes saturday september 3,1977 ried at More than 620 Newsstands in Manhattan alone has a readership of 30,000" and a paid circulation of10,000," has been involved in almost constant litigation Over its advertising policies has a sister publication called Sekai Nippon in Tokyo and another starting up in London and is negotiating a $2 a million Deal to move into the old Tiffany building on fifth Avenue and 37th Street which it plans to convert into a computerized communications Center with a radio and to station Accord ing to the  news world is financed by a holding company for the unification  All of these operations financed by the funds pooled by the kind of Young idealists operating in Germany or i Messiah Moon turning a wooden staff in Moses fashion into millions of dollars he must be doing something miraculous. His Church has made investments in retail businesses such As serv ice stations fish markets and commercial fishing. Along with some of his associates Moon has acquired controlling interest in Stock in Diplomat National Bank in Washington . In new York alone the Church hold Ings said army times include the Multi million Dollar new yorker hotel in Manhattan a mansion on a 350-Acreestate in Tarrytown Worth several million dollars and a former Catholic monastery in Barrytown now being used As a training Center which Cost More than a million  unification Church because it is a tax exempt non profit religious organization does not have to report its income not even to the irs. Church spokesmen say the american Church has an income of about $12 million yearly and holds $20 million in property army times re  is said to strongly support and is supported by South Korea s president Park Chung Hee in their anti communism policy causing Many to charge that Moon s movement is nothing More than a political plot to in crease  support of South Korea. Recently there has been a concentrated Effort to main Tain and increase the assistance the  Already is giving to South Korea. Some former and present con Gressmen have been accused of receiving Cash and gifts from the South koreans in Exchange for legislative sup port. In the investigations of these accusations Many of Moon s associates and Moon sponsored organizations have popped up. Pak Bohi Moon s translator constant companion and chief Aid has been mentioned prominently in the Federal investigation. The Justice department is investigating any connection that might exist Between the Church and the korean bribery  mention of this to a Moonie would probably not Sway his thoughts Many assert they would go to Warin a minute to protect the fathers Birthplace. The monies neither smoke drink or use drugs. The Yare carefully supervised and sex thoughts Are either hidden or just not thought. Sex is forbidden until they Are both perfect and the master approves of the Union. It appears to be largely a movement of Young people who honestly and maybe fanatically believe they can change the world. Though it might take generations the feel they Are at least doing something now. This description of course could fit Many movements Active and fizzled. The stars and stripes Page 15