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Section B:　Acts perpetrated on plaintiff B (Omitted here are the specified exhibits, testimonies and other evidence by which the court based its decisions on this case regarding plaintiff B.) Article 1:　The chain of events leading up to the 2,100,000 yen donation. On 17 November 1988, UC member and devotee herein referred to as "Z" (hereafter UCZ) visited plaintiff B's place of work with the intent of door to door sales of signature seals while at the same time concealing her (UCZ's) relationship and/or connections with the UC. UCZ examined the black signature seal plaintiff B (hereafter PB) had been using at the time of this incident. UCZ also listened to PB's personal stories of how her husband by common law marriage (not officially registered marriage) had passed away in March of that same year. After hearing these stories and examining the seal, UCZ recommended PB purchase a new signature seal saying (among other things), "Black is tied to hardship and pain11. You should really replace the one you have and buy a new one. I have a signature seal that will bring you good fortune. Your husband died because you have been keeping that signature seal." Having been told these things, PB felt disheartened toward using the signature seal (she had been using up until this point) anymore. Also, during this same time period, PB had been considering replacing the above signature seal with a new bought one. Consequently, PB decided to purchase a set of three signature seals at a sum of 120,000 yen in compliance with the above recommendation of UCZ. Accordingly, PB filled out an order form to the above effect, gave UCZ an on the spot down cash payment of 5,000 yen, and on the following day paid UCZ the balance. Upon the payment of the above stated balance, UCZ invited PB to see a fortune teller by saying, " I know a "teacher12" who will read your fortune for you. Why don't you have her give you a consultation." Although PB had never had her fortune told prior to these events, PB had previously considered having her fortune told. Thus, motivated by her initial curiosity combined with her growing interest in knowing more about what her husband by common law marriage did while he was on earth as well as about her own physical health as she was prone to illness, PB chose to go along with UCZ's above stated invitation. Accordingly, PB arranged with UCZ to meet the above-mentioned "teacher" on the date of 24 December of the same year. Sequentially, on the above same day, with the intent of having her fortune told, PB was escorted by UCZ to the Sunflower (Himawari) Society located on the third floor of the Matsuoka building in Hakata Ward in Fukuoka City. There, PB was introduced by Shigetomi to a woman by the name of Ishu who was also a UC member. Accordingly, Ishu told PB her fortune. Upon doing so, Ishu then invited PB to come to the Sunflower Society for the purpose of study by saying, "This is the best period of heavenly providence. So, from the beginning of the new year why don't we study together." Presuming that the Sunflower Society was a place where she could study the ways of living and life through meeting a diverse group persons with various complicated and/or tragedy embracing backgrounds like herself, and where she (PB) could talk to other persons about her problems as well as discuss various ideas and issues with others, PB decided to accept Ishu's offer and paid a lecture course tuition fee of 120,000 yen. As she had been invited, from 5 January 1989 and onward for about three times every week, PB began attending study groups titled "Educational Training" which were devised by official members of the Sunflower Society. In accordance, PB began her studies by watching videos on "spiritual cultivation" (or self improvement) training. Gradually she was shown material related to religion which consisted of the teachings and the ways of the Holy Bible and Sun Myung Moon, the UC's founding father. Progressively, PB was shown a video explaining the aforesaid "unification principles." Based on the above educational materials and processes, PB came to realize that the same society was a place where the teachings/ precepts of the UC were being taught, and that the supervising body of these activities was the UC. PB's understandings were clarified when, during a lecture she was taking at the Sunflower Society, PB was taught that the Messiah of the world had been reborn, and that that Messiah was Sun Myung Moon. While other members of the Sunflower Society celebrated the fact that the Messiah 's existence had been revealed to them, PB's response to the same revelation was that of incomprehension as to why the existence of the Messiah had been revealed at that very Sunflower Society.
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