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124. Craney. Op. Cit., p. 119, “`Sickened‟ by Moon‟s Honorary Degree,” Letter from Zua
Moore in News Observer (Raleigh, NC) cited in The Cult Observer, September, 1985, p.
23.
125. LeBar, Father James. “Priestly Praise for Reverend Moon‟s Movement,” The Cult
Observer, October, 1985, pp. 21-22.
126. Telephone conversation with woman who prefers to remain anonymous, Op. Cit.
127. LeBar. “Priestly Praise,” Op. Cit.
128. Amici Curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, October
Term, 1983 in the case of Sun Myung Moon and Takeru Kamiyama v. United States of
America, “Ministers Courted,” Op. Cit., “Ecumenical Support for Reverend Moon,”
Update, Vol. 7, No. 2, June, 1983, pp. 30-31.
129. Castelli, Jim. “Council of Churches, Baptists, Back Scientology in Tax Case, The
Advisor, November, 1980, p. 2.
130. “Moon `Recruits‟ Clergy,” Op. Cit.
131. Lindsey. Op. Cit., “Moon `Recruits‟ Clergy,” Op. Cit., Castelli, Op. Cit., “Alamo Anti-
Catholicism,” Op. Cit.
132. Statement of Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Freedom, Op. Cit.
133. Loc. Cit. Cult critics claim the Ad Hoc Committee is headed by “those in direct
alliance with Moon,” as is the National Center for Constitutional Studies. (Cult
Awareness Network Affiliate Bulletin, July, 1986, p. 8).
134. Craney. Op. Cit., p. 188, “Moon Freed After Serving 18 Months for Tax Fraud,” The
Washington Post, August 21, 1985 and Washington Times, August 21, 1985 cited in
The Cult Observer, September, 1985, pp. 1-2.
135. “Moon Freed,” Op. Cit., p. 2.
136. Ibid., p. 1.
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Marcia R. Rudin, M.A. is Director of the International Cult Education Program and co-
author of Prison or Paradise: The New Religious Cults.
Rabbi A. James Rudin is National Interreligious Affairs Director of the American Jewish
Committee and co-author of Prison or Paradise? The New Religious Cults
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