Testimonial letter from Christopher F Mooney

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This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.

This letter is from Christopher F Mooney. It is "Exhibit A-71" in the Noles collection.

The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file of the original letter, it has one page.

OFFICE OF THE ACADEMIC VICE PRESIDENT
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT 06430 ■ (203) 255-5411
August 11, 1983

Re: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

This religious leader has had a very positive influence on young people throughout the world, especially in India and the United States. His message is one of peace and love and hardwork, of inner discipline and reflective contemplation, of self understanding and the understanding and help of others. I support his application for U.S. citizenship.

[signed]
Christopher F. Mooney, S.T.D., J.D.
Professor of Religious Studies


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