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Part 1: Leaving The Moonies

EPISODE · Jan 26, 2021 · 1H 8M

Part 1: Leaving The Moonies

from Cultish · host Jeff Durbin

In our latest series, we talk with Hana Castañeda who grew up in the Unification Church better known as "The Moonies". Did Sun Myung Moon really have a vision of Jesus? What does it look like to grow up in an arranged marriage? Join us as we talk with Hana about what it was like to grow up in this cult founded in Korea by the "reverend" Sun Myung Moon.

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