I've heard mention that this cult is somehow related to the Moonies cult that Americans are more familiar with, is there any merit to these claims? I can't find

I've heard mention that this cult is somehow related to the Moonies cult that Americans are more familiar with, is there any merit to these claims? I can't find much connection between this and the Moonies in terms of current activities and maybe I'm not looking for the right terms in Korean but it seems like a very tenuous or circumstantial relation, if any. I don't understand why it would even matter if they're connected either. Watching Korean politics growing up I thought what was happening was basically the equivalent of Western tabloid media, but I'm not sure where the absurd starts anymore.