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Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church and the Washington Times, and his wife Hak Ja Han helped to financially stabilize the university through two of his organizations: News World Communications ( an international media firm which publishes the Washington Times and other news media ), which provided a $ 400, 000 loan to the university at 6 % interest ; and the Women's Federation for World Peace, which indirectly contributed $ 3. 5 million toward the school's debt.

Liberty University spokesman Mark DeMoss said the school was not aware of News World's connection to Moon when it obtained the loan through a broker.

" I'm not going to be pious and tell you we would have turned it down ," DeMoss said.

" Because it was a business transaction, we probably would have moved forward even if Falwell or somebody in the organization knew who News World Communications was.

" Liberty University founder Jerry Falwell stated that the source of the funds does not influence his ministry: " If the American Atheists Society or Saddam Hussein himself ever sent an unrestricted gift to any of my ministries, be assured I will operate on Billy Sunday's philosophy: The Devil's had it long enough, and quickly cash the check.