容疑者母の破産「献金のため」　旧統一教会を批判―弁護士グループ

　安倍晋三元首相が奈良市で街頭演説中に銃撃され死亡した事件をめぐり、全国霊感商法対策弁護士連絡会が１２日、東京都内で記者会見した。山上徹也容疑者（４１）の母親が信者だと認めた世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）の会見について、連絡会代表世話人の山口広弁護士は「容疑者の母親が自己破産したのは明らかに過度な献金のためなのに、人ごとのようだった」と批判した。
　山上容疑者は奈良県警の調べに、「母親が旧統一教会に多額の寄付をして家庭がめちゃくちゃになった」という趣旨の話をし、「安倍元首相とつながりがあると思った」と動機を供述している。
　山口弁護士は会見で、「献金のために破産した人はたくさんいる」と指摘。山上容疑者の行為は許されないとした上で、「家庭を崩壊させる旧統一教会の活動について、行政も政治家も何も手を打ってこなかった」とする声明を発表した。
　同席した紀藤正樹弁護士も「旧統一教会をめぐって５０年以上続く被害があり、その中で起きた事件だ」と発言し、「政治家は、反社会的な団体との付き合いについて考えてもらいたい」と訴えた。（2022/07/12-21:38）

A group of lawyers on Tuesday criticized Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, over the bankruptcy of the mother of the man accused of the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
   The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales held a press conference a day after the Unification Church confirmed at its news conference on Monday that the mother of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 41, is a member of the religious group.
   "They seemed (at Monday's news conference) as if they had nothing to do with the matter, although it is obvious that the suspect's mother went bankrupt due to excessive donations," Hiroshi Yamaguchi, who leads the group of lawyers, said.
   Yamagami has told investigators that his family was ruined as a result of the mother's large donations to the Unification Church, and that he thought Abe had links with the religious group, according to informed sources.
   The Unification Church said on Monday that it was aware that Yamagami's mother went bankrupt, but that it does not know the circumstances that led to the situation. It also claimed that there is no record of the church demanding massive donations after her bankruptcy.