Rev. Sun Myung Moon passes the torch

Gives his children control of empire
October 14, 2009
By Julia Duin

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, has turned over day-to-day control of the church and financial empire he founded to a daughter and three sons, one of whom had a brief flirtation with Buddhism during his years at Harvard before returning to the family fold.

The Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, 30, in line to be the church's religious director, donned Buddhist robes and shaved his head for several years after the Oct. 28, 1999, death of a brother, Young-jin, who fell from the 17th floor of a hotel in Reno, Nev. At the time, his father defended him from detractors who wanted the son removed from the church.
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