On the 5th, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare received a response to a questionnaire issued to the cult regarding the adoption of believers among believers in the former Unification Church.
There have been 31 adoptions since 2018, when the adoption mediation business became a permit system, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will carefully examine the contents of the responses and consider future responses.
In the former Unification Church, adoption from believers with multiple children to believers without children is recommended, and according to the cult, 745 people have been adopted since 1981.
At the same time, lawyers have been consulted by multiple second-generation believers who say, "I am worried about being adopted based on the doctrine." It has been pointed out that there is a possibility of touching such as.
In response to this, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government sent a questionnaire to the headquarters of the cult last month in order to investigate the actual situation, and the reply arrived from the cult on the 5th of the deadline.
The answer sheet contains the date when the adoption was established, and according to the religious organization, there were 31 adoptions after April 2018, when the mediation business became a permit system.
Regarding this, the former Unification Church and the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification said, ``We have received reports of adoptions based on personal relationships between believers. I didn't even get permission," he said.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will carefully examine the contents of the responses and consider appropriate measures in the future.
Old Unification Church 745 adoptions since 1981
In the former Unification Church, adoption from believers with multiple children to believers without children is recommended, and according to the cult, 745 people have been adopted since 1981.
According to the doctrine of the former Unification Church, it is important to have many children and raise them. Blessed families who do not have children have a mission and a responsibility to share the blessings," or, "It is most desirable to exchange a promise to adopt a child before the pregnancy of the person offering the child." If so, you must report to the Home Education Bureau.”
Lawyers engaged in support activities have been consulted by multiple second-generation members of the former Unification Church who say, "I am worried about being adopted based on the doctrine." After pointing out that it may be against the purpose of the , he said, ``It seems that what the Unification Church is doing is to achieve the purpose of faith, and the welfare of children is not considered.'' talking
On the other hand, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, regardless of whether or not the adoption is accompanied by remuneration, if it is repeated and continued for a certain purpose, it is necessary to obtain permission from the prefecture. It has been pointed out that there is a possibility of touching the "adoption mediation law" that prohibits mediation without permission.
Regarding this, the person in charge of the former Unification Church "Family Federation for World Peace and Unification" said, "We had never done adoption as an intermediary, and before 2000, we asked believers who were in trouble because they could not have children to adopt. There was a period of time when we introduced believers who were willing to adopt.Currently, adoption among believers continues, but there is no history of institutionalizing it."
Adopted teenage girl whose parents are believers struggles
A teenage girl whose parents are former Unification Church members.
This time, he responded to the interview saying, "I hope it will be an opportunity for people to know the actual situation."
The woman was born into another believer's family, but she was soon put up for adoption and raised by her now-her parents.
[Affliction as an adopted child] The
woman used to go to church, but now she has left the faith.
It is said that he began to question whether he was adopted for the sake of the doctrine. I think that the reason I was adopted was on the assumption that I would be born as a second-generation child.When I started questioning the fact that I was a second-generation child, I wondered what the significance of my existence was. It's been a long time since I've been in the middle of a long time," I said.
[Affection of doctrine?
I can't ask my parents]
A woman goes to school while living with her parents.
She has grown up feeling the love of her parents, but she has mixed feelings that it may have been a love based on dogma, but she can't say it.
The woman said, "I earnestly hoped that I would grow up as a 'child of God' or as a second generation, and even before I was born, I decided to adopt a child, and so far, so when I am no longer the child my parents want, I feel like I'm becoming a betrayal.Until I become independent, I'm confronted with the reality that it's difficult to have discussions, so I can't act right now."
[I want you to know]
The woman said that the adoption itself was a necessary system, and said, "I want to talk to you, but at the same time, I'm afraid that people won't understand me, and I can't help myself. I want to reduce the number of second-generation children who have complicated feelings about things, and I hope it will be an opportunity for them to know about it."
[Expectations for the government]
Women expressed their desire to create an environment in which young people, who are not independent of their parents, can raise their voices. It's difficult, so I would be very happy if you thought about protecting me, and I think it would be a little different if there was a place where I could consult when I was worried."
[Thoughts for parents]
Regarding the feelings of the parents who raised her, the woman said, "I feel happy that I was raised by my parents now. I think it will take a little longer for me to feel happy.I have a way of life that my father and mother have wanted me to live, but I want to choose my own way of life. I was talking to