Jan. 22, 2026: Escaping a Cult: Leaving the Moonies Unification Church with @FaithY3n (http://@subliteral) (The Truth That Heals Podcast)
QuoteGuest Bio:
"faith yün is a former second generation Moonie, born into the Unification Church. Since leaving the Moon organization in 2012 she has become an atheist and gone no-contact with both of her parents and most of her childhood friends. In 2022, after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by former UC member Tetsuya Yamagami, faith dropped out of college and forfeited her conditional acceptance to transfer to UC Davis for a bachelor's degree in Anthropology. She is now spending all of her time helping herself and others recover from financial abuse and coercive control, using social media to expose widespread disinformation about the cult that raised her."
So many quotes worth noting:
21:03QuoteThere were parents in Beaverton Oregon who would have gladly adopted me and like gotten me out of the moonies if I had shown any inkling of wanting to leave but because the unification church is such a physically, financially, emotionally, and sexually abusive organization that is built on honor and uh aggressively showing your loyalty to your doctrine and your leader. I could not show even like the tiniest amount of doubt or I was going to have a very bad time.
YouTube Comment by @subliteral:
QuoteI used to work at Manhattan Center for awhile during the period @FaithY3n describes , when several bombshells exploded in the UC community. A good handful of these involved bizarre and corrupt behavior by Rev. Moon's children that destroyed every illusion that they were good people in any way. @FaithY3n 's experience reminded me that the 2nd gen had no shielding from the impact of this corruption , no long years of training to accept the unacceptable. Many of them publicly questioned and resisted the abuses in the church , and I could see the fear this generated in older members. They raised issues OG members had long buried & denied in their heads , and were not ready to openly resist.
July 19, 2022: Fascism in The Moonies Cult/UC - A Chat With 2nd Gen Survivors (Faith Yün)