![]() ![]() “In many ways, the church made me feel safer and more comfortable with my mom, and it made me feel more distant and scared of my father,” Lisa says. Members were expected to live in “monk-like purity ” (opens in new tab) they made “no choices, no decisions,” according to the (opens in new tab) New York Times (opens in new tab) , and rarely had to think for themselves, instead fervently following orders and performing chores. Lisa and Robbie’s only respite was visiting their mother on weekends-the complete opposite of weekdays with their father: At the Unification Church, there were strictly no alcohol, no drugs, no premarital sex, and limited physical contact between genders. Danny would even give his son marijuana-Lisa, being more straight-laced, always refused. ![]() Instead of furniture and toys, the space was filled with parties, baggies of coke, and sketchy men that would “jokingly” offer to buy Lisa, she recalls. Soon Mimi went to work for the church full-time, leaving the kids with their grandfather and later their father, Danny, in a grimy apartment on the Lower East Side. The trio would drive to the church's compound in Barrytown, New York, from their home in New Jersey on weekends to listen to Moon's sermons, sitting on a hard floor for hours. ![]() Moon accepted the challenge to finish it.įor Mimi, who had dabbled in spirituality and explored different religions her whole life, Moon’s preaching just “made sense,” Lisa claims. ![]() Jesus told Moon that he was crucified before completing his mission on earth. ![]()
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