D ays after the insurrection at the Capitol — where he’d been close enough to the rioting to get tear-gassed — Pastor Sean Moon posted an incendiary rant to Instagram. Wearing his trademark ...

The annual Rod of Iron Freedom Festival was as absurd as it was terrifying. The Rev. Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon poses for a portrait with his gold AR-15 at Moon’s home in Matamoras, Pennsylvania ...

Languages: English. There have been two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump this election cycle, but that is not stopping the Rod of Iron Ministries from holding a raffle ...

The Unification Church and Rod of Iron Ministries are two organizations that have been described as cults. While they share a common link, the Moon family, the churches are rather different in ...

We are glad to learn, through the advertisement of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance, that proposals for wrought-iron rifled 100-pounders are invited. The wording of the advertisement, however ...

Often conflated with the Pennsylvania-based Rod of Iron Ministries, these two cult-like religions share a strange and bewildering history steeped in family, fortunes, and character worship that ...

This is an adapted excerpt from the Oct. 14 episode of "The Rachel Maddow Show." Over the weekend, the Rod of Iron Ministries held their annual Freedom Festival in Pennsylvania. The group describe ...