Talk:Bo Hi Pak
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Non-members like to call him Rev. Moon's "right hand man" but actually Rev. Chung Hwan Kwak is in that position.
Col. Pak handled external relations (and Korean-English interpretation), establishing such organizations as the Little Angels and CAUSA.
Rev. Kwak handled more important "internal" affairs, such as the World Mission Department. For example, when Neil Salonen was U.S. church president, his "central figure" was Rev. Kwak (rather than reporting directly to Rev. Moon). I personally saw him come running up a hill when Rev. Kwak called him from a distance by his first name, suddenly leaving a group of church members he was addressing. --Uncle Ed 13:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Financial help from church or its founder
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- Rev. Moon declined to help him, without stating a reason.
1. This needs a source. Is this speculation from church opponents / critics? Or did he actually ask for help and get turned down?
2. In his statement after release from prison, he credits Rev. Moon with getting his sentence reduced. --Uncle Ed 19:34, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- In Jin Nim says in her letter to members: "Everyone is waiting for my father to act and save my father-in-law from prison. " I don't have any reason to think Dr. Pak himself asked Rev. Moon for help. I think the statement that "Rev. Moon declined to help him." was fair. Now it seems that he has helped. Steve Dufour 03:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Until the 1990s"
I removed this from the first two sentences. It amounts to original research. I was in Korea in 2002 and he was clearly an important church leader then, appearing in public beside Rev. Moon. He also might come back to active leadership again. Steve Dufour 17:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Editor's comment removed
I took out:
- InJin Moon went on to explain her motivation for writing the letter in response to criticism of Sun Myung Moon's "inaction" from "the world" and from church members:
And left the quote to stand on its own. In my opinion what she was really doing was pleading with her father to help Dr. Pak, not explaining her motivation or responding to criticism of him. BTW I understand that he did help. Steve Dufour (talk) 04:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- I see it as just the opposite, after reading and re-reading her statement several times over the years.
- In my view, she realized that her father's hands were tied.
- (If we disagree about this, can we be neutral on the point?)
- By the way, there is another controversy about Rev. Moon and the people close to him, on which I may be in the minority amoung church members. I think that Rev. Moon was providentially required to 'neglect' his wife (wives?) and children to a certain extent. This was because he was required by the providence of restoration to pay much more attention to the church, the nation and the world - even if his own family fell apart. Thus he left for northern Korea without properly saying goodbye (circa 1946). And thus he watched silently as Hyo Jin Moon imploded during the heyday of Manhattan Center.
