Twilight of the Moonies and Scientologists?

Parents are praying that the era of bizarre religious groups dies along with Sun Myung Moon.

Published Sep. 16 2012 4:45AM EDT

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When Sun Myung Moon, the founder and self-styled messiah of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, popularly known as the Moonies, was buried

Peter Popham

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Twilight of the Moonies and Scientologists?

Parents are praying that the era of bizarre religious groups dies along with Sun Myung Moon.

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Peter Popham