Hyung Jin Moon

For Moon's similarly named older brother, see Hyun Jin Moon.
In this Korean name, the family name is Moon.
Hyung Jin Moon
Born
Hyung Jin Sean Moon

(1979-09-26) September 26, 1979 (age 45)
Tarrytown, New York
SpouseYeon Ah Lee Moon
Parents
Korean name
Hangul
문형진
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMun Hyeong-jin
McCune–ReischauerMun Hyŏngjin

Hyung Jin Moon (born September 26, 1979), also known as Sean Moon, is an American pastor and, along with his wife Yeon Ah Lee Moon, founded the Pennsylvania-based World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church (also known as Rod of Iron Ministries). The Sanctuary Church is a schismatic and militant sect of the Unification Church, which was founded by Hyung Jin Moon's father Reverend Sun Myung Moon and now led by his mother Hak Ja Han.[1][2][3][4]

The Southern Poverty Law Center called Hyung Jin Moon an "anti-LGBT cult leader" in January 2018.[5] Moon and some Sanctuary Church members helped to organize the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[6]

  1. ^ "Unification Church does not encourage firearm use". Christian News Post. New York. February 22, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Mickler, Michael (December 14, 2015). "The Sanctuary Church Schismatics". Applied Unificationism. Unification Theological Seminary. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
  3. ^ http://www.cesnur.org/2016/daejin_fefferman.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (26 February 2018). "School to close for church ceremony featuring AR-15 rifles". nydailynews.com. Retrieved Oct 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Anti-LGBT cult leader calls on followers to purchase assault rifles". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved Oct 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jan 6 riots was invoked but never defined (see the help page).