Sun Myung Moon

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, top second left, sprinkles holy water during a mass wedding ceremony in Asan, South Korea, as about 7,200 South Korean and foreign couples exchange or reaffirm marriage vows.   (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han, walk down a red carpet as they are introduced during the Affirmation of Vows part of the Interreligious and International Couple’s Blessing and Rededication Ceremony at New York’s Manhattan Center. About 500 to 600 couples participated in New York, and an estimated 21 million couples participated worldwide via a simulcast to 185 countries.  (Stephen Chernin / Associated Press)

Couples from around the world participate in a mass wedding ceremony at Sun Moon University in Asan, South Korea, arranged by the reverend’s Unification Church.  (Lee Jin-man / Associated Press)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon smiles and waves as he leaves the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Conn., where he was jailed on tax evasion charges. He left Danbury to serve the remainder of his sentence at a halfway house in Brooklyn, N.Y.   (Bob Child / Associated Press)

Followers of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon protest pornography in Norfolk, Va.  (Charles Meads / Associated Press)

Couples march in a mass wedding procession in New York’s Madison Square Garden as the Rev. Sun Myung Moon presides over the ceremony, which included more than 2,000 couples. Moon served as matchmaker for the couples. About a third included men and women of difference races or nationalities, in keeping with the church’s belief that interracial marriage can help end racism.   (Marty Lederhandler / Associated Press)