---
born: 1920-01-06
category: Iran-Contra
died: 2012-09-03
location: Kwangju Sangsa Ri, North P'yongan, Korea (now North Korea)
summary: Sun Myung Moon was the Korean religious leader whose Unification Church had
  connections to the Contra support network through its anti-Communist political activities.
tags:
- person
- religious
- contra-war
---

Sun Myung Moon was the Korean religious leader whose [Unification Church](/organizations/unification-church/) had connections to the [Contra](/organizations/contras/) support network through its anti-Communist political activities. Moon's organization shared the Reagan administration's anti-Communist ideology and provided support to causes aligned with the Contra war.[^1]

### Anti-Communist Alliance

Moon's Unification Church operated as part of the broader anti-Communist network that supported the Contra cause. The church's political arm, the [CAUSA Foundation](/organizations/causa/), worked with Latin American anti-Communist movements and had ties to the same [Central Intelligence Agency](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/)-connected networks that supported the Contras. Moon's organization participated in the constellation of private groups and foreign interests that supplemented official U.S. support for the Contra war.[^2]

[^1]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 13.
[^2]: Webb, Gary. *Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.* Seven Stories Press, 1998. Ch. 13.