Unification Church, Law Studies and California State Bar Admission
Greene joined the Unification Church in late 1974 in an attempt to convince his sister Catherine to renounce her membership in the organization. Unable to do so, he walked out in July 1975. For a number of months after his departure he was subject to disrupted sleep, fearing judgement as a "Judas". From 1976 to 1978, he deprogrammed about 130 members of the Unification Church (or "Moonies"), including the Prince of Tahiti. He failed to deprogram his own sister, who is still a member of the church. The deprogrammer character in the film Ticket to Heaven was based on his work. Greene began studying law at the New College of California Law School in 1978. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1983.
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