Young Jin Moon

Young Jin Moon (born 1978, died 1999), the sixth son of Sun Myung Moon and Hakja Han Moon, the leaders of the Unification Church. He was said to have "demonstrated an intellectual level approaching that of a genius," and had finished two years of study at Columbia University. [ [http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/talks/hendrcks/Hendricks-YoungJinSuicide.htm Death of Young Jin Nim] , Memo to Regional directors, State Leaders, Brothers and Sisters from U.S. Unification Church President Dr. Tyler Hendricks, November 2, 1999.]

He died in Reno, Nevada in what church members declare an accident, some even claimed it could have been murder. [http://www.geocities.com/craigmaxim/f-2a-youngjin.html Young Jin Moon: POLICE SAY SUICIDE!] ] The Reno Police Department, however, filed a report of his death as a suicide. He apparently jumped from the 17th floor of the Harrah's Casino and Hotel in Reno. [ [http://www.geocities.com/craigmaxim/f-2a-youngjin.html "Remains of religious leader's son to be moved to Korea"] "LasVegas Sun", November 10, 1999.]

In an online diary entry [ [http://www.tparents.org/Moon-Talks/moon-family/YeonJin-YoungJin.htm In Memory of My Brother (Young Jin)] by Yeon Jin Moon] from his sister (Yeon Jin Moon), she details the development of depression and anxiety in Young Jin's life. She also notes how she felt when he insisted on traveling to Las Vegas alone when she asked to accompany him, suggesting he may have been planning this suicide attempt.

Three days after the death the body was buried in Reno, a very unusual action for a member of the "True Family". Less than two weeks later it was exhumed for reburial in Korea. [ [http://www.geocities.com/craigmaxim/f-2a-youngjin.html "Remains of religious leader's son to be moved to Korea"] "LasVegas Sun", November 10, 1999.]

In a memo to all U.S. Unification Church members, American Unification Church President Dr. Tyler Hendricks asked the members to repent: "Now is a time for us all to repent and reflect deeply, offer our prayers for Young Jin Nim, who has become an offering for our own inadequacies and inability, and make our determination to fulfill the path of the providence in his place." [ [http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/talks/hendrcks/Hendricks-YoungJinSuicide.htm Death of Young Jin Nim] , Memo to Regional directors, State Leaders, Brothers and Sisters from U.S. Unification Church President Dr. Tyler Hendricks, November 2, 1999.]

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