President Lee Jae Myung voiced his agreement with religious leaders’ calls to disband the Unification Church, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus and other “illegitimate, heretical religious organizations” during a meeting with leaders representing major religious communities here, Monday. According to presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung, the leaders of seven major religious communities including Buddhism, Protestantism and Catholicism expressed their concerns on “the serious harms caused by illegitimate, heretical religious organizations including the Unification Church and Shincheonji,” during the meeting. “Such practices, including collusion between politics and religion, cause serious harm to people’s lives, and must be dealt with strictly,” the leaders were quoted as saying. Kang said the religious leaders urged the president that the public would support disbanding religious groups that harm the people and the country, and called for their assets to be used to compensate their victims. In response, Lee voiced his agreement. “This is a difficult issue, but the harm