Over 100 former members of the former Unification Church, who are complaining of damage caused by large donations, are seeking refunds in a collective mediation, and the legal team supporting them held a press conference on the 8th and urged the church to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. I once again asked them to take sincere measures to address this issue.
109 former members of the former Unification Church have filed a collective arbitration lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court, claiming that they were "forced to make donations through illegal solicitation by the church" and requesting that the church refund a total of more than 3.5 billion yen. I am.
Mediation is being held behind closed doors, and on the 8th, the National Unification Church Damage Countermeasures Lawyers Group, which supports former members, revealed that the first meeting was held on the 29th of last month. I explained about the progress etc.
At the mediation, the defense team submitted a document arguing that ``relief should be provided to the victims without applying the ``disqualification period,'' which states that the right to seek compensation lapses 20 years after the wrongful act was committed.'' about it.
Meanwhile, the church has decided to prepare a written response to the mediation request by April 26th this year.
Susumu Murakoshi, head of the defense team, said, ``If the former Unification Church ignores previous judicial decisions and fights the case, it will only prolong the suffering of the victims,'' and urged the church to seek an early resolution. I once again asked them to respond honestly.
Regarding the dissolution order requested by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology regarding the former Unification Church, a procedure called a ``hearing'' is scheduled to be held on the 22nd of this month, in which the court will hear opinions from both the government and the church.