元２世信者ら、文化庁に署名提出　旧統一教会の解散命令請求訴え

　世界平和統一家庭連合（旧統一教会）の問題を巡り、元２世信者らが９日、文化庁を訪れ、教団の解散命令を速やかに裁判所に請求するよう求める永岡桂子文部科学相宛ての申し入れ書と約２０万筆の署名を提出した。
　提出後に記者会見した「全国統一協会（教会）被害者家族の会」副会長の石原正志さん（７３）は「解散は第一歩。解決に向かっていけるような状況環境をつくっていただければ」と期待。元２世信者の井田雫さん（仮名）は「もう私のような苦しむ人は出てきてほしくない。新たな被害者が出ないように、毅然（きぜん）とした対応をしてくれることを信じている」と述べた。（2022/12/09-20:07）

Children of followers of the Unification Church on Friday submitted a written request for Japanese culture minister Keiko Nagaoka to seek a court order soon for disbanding the controversial religious organization.
   Visiting the Cultural Affairs Agency, the group of former "second-generation followers" also submitted a list of some 200,000 signatures they collected for the dissolution of the religious organization, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
   "Dissolving the Unification Church is the first step," Masashi Ishihara, 73, deputy head of an association of families of victims of problematic practices by the religious group, told a press conference after the submission of the document addressed to Nagaoka and the signatures. "We hope (the government) will create a condition and environment that helps us head for a solution to the problem," he said.
   "I don't want to see any more people suffer like me," a former second-generation follower who uses the pseudonym Shizuku Ida said, "I believe (the government) will act resolutely so that there will be no more victims."
   The signature campaign was conducted online by former second-generation followers, families of victims and journalists from mid-October.