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CESNUR's scholars have defended such diverse groups as the Unification Church ("Moonies"), the Church of Scientology, Chinese church Eastern Lightning (accused of ties to the 2014 murder of Wu Shuoyan), the Order of the Solar Temple (responsible for 74 deaths in mass murder-suicide), Aum Shinrikyo (responsible for the 1995 Tokyo sarin gas attack), and Shincheonji Church of Jesus, accused of having favored with its behavior the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.