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Officials in South Korea say the founder of the controversial Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, has died at the age of 92. Rev Moon's church gained hundreds of thousands of followers known as 'Moonies'. Lucy Williamson reports from Seoul.
韩国官员称争议颇多的统一教会的创立者文鲜明去世,终年92岁。他的教堂吸引了上万名追随者,人称“统一教”。露西·威廉森在首尔报道。
Rev Moon had been in a critical condition for two weeks since being hospitalized with pneumonia in his home in South Korea. His children who have been carrying out most of the church duties for a while now decided keeping visual at his bedside. Rev Moon was a controversial figure. Born in 1920 in what is now North Korea, he said Jesus Christ had appealed to him as a teenager, and asked him to continue his work. Famous for holding mass weddings involving thousands of people, he also created an international business empire.
文鲜明在韩国的家中因肺炎而入院就医,两周来状况一直很糟。他那些一直履行教会大部分职责的子女现在决定守候在他的病床前。文鲜明一直是个富有争议的人物,他1920年出生于现在的朝鲜,他说耶稣基督曾在他少年时感召过他,请他继续自己的事业。他因举办上千人的集体婚礼而闻名,还建立了一个国际商业帝国。