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UCI Lawsuit News: Church’s Appeal Dismissed



The plaintiffs in the UCI case (church side) attempted to appeal the judge’s decision to dismiss the UCI case. They appealed the decision, but this was also dismissed by the judge. This latest development can be considered as the complete defeat of the plaintiffs in the UCI case. On top of that, Peter Kim, who has been the main person leading the lawsuits till now, suddenly stepped down voluntarily. In this situation, members are watching what decision the church leadership will make with regards to the lawsuits.

On December 19, 2013, the judge in charge of the UCI case issued an order dismissing with prejudice the case presented by the church. Although the first hearing ended with the judge’s order of dismissal, this order didn’t immediately go into effect. The order included clauses stating that the decision of dismissal would come into effect after two other issues related to the case were resolved. Basically, this was an indirect way for the judge to give the initiators of the lawsuit a last chance to solve this issue outside the courts.

However, instead of taking a hint from the judge’s attempt to find a positive way to solve this issue, certain individuals of the church leadership who pursued the lawsuit distributed a document titled, “Regarding the unfair decision in the UCI lawsuit,” to members and pastors. They portrayed the situation as if the judge had issued an unjust decision. At the church leaders’ summit in Korea, one of the top representatives of the church came out stating that this lawsuit must continue. Using questionable practices they persuaded True Mother of their view on the lawsuit, and on January 6 of this year they submitted an appeal to the judge’s order of dismissal. Yet, on February 20, a month and a half after they appealed the decision, the judge in charge of the case dismissed the appeal as well. This latest decision shows clearly the position of the US court in terms of the UCI case.

The UCI lawsuit started on May, 2011, and is now about to reach its third year. More than 100 billion won (approx. 93 million dollars) of public funds have been wasted in legal expenses related to this lawsuit. If lawsuits in our movement continue, the scale of the damage will increase. Considering that the financial loss alone is so tremendous, the providential damage must be unimaginable.

Currently, Peter Kim, who was the main force behind this lawsuit, is not around True Mother any more. Instead of taking full responsibility for the lawsuit he initiated, Peter Kim spinelessly passed the entire burden of this lawsuit onto True Mother. Peter then disappeared after giving some excuse about his health. Then, what is the wisest decision that can be made regarding this lawsuit? It is beyond obvious that they will lose even if they appeal again; the more they increase such attacks the more the damage will end up returning to True Mother. Should they still insist on continuing this lawsuit?

The church leadership continuously lied to members that they were sure to win the Yoido Parc1 lawsuit, but they ended up losing in the first and second hearings. Now another defeat awaits them in the Supreme Court. When they faced defeat in the Yoido lawsuit the church leadership turned their attention to the UCI lawsuit. They boasted absolute victory in the UCI lawsuit, but a year and a half later that promise also turned out to be another lie. How long will the church leadership deceive the members with such lies? How long must True Mother be deceived by them?

From now on whether it is the UCI lawsuit, or the Yoido Parc1 lawsuit, whoever continues pushing for lawsuits or working behind the scenes to further exacerbate lawsuits, their wrongdoing will be revealed in front of history for all to see. And, depending on their level of participation in such lawsuits, they will be held absolutely responsible and their future generations will not be able to hide their shame.