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As donald trump been good for America Everything is in disarray the media of course take it in every debate that they can seem to mark the fact that america has been a force for good in the world. From the American People get inspiration from him and the other half cringe your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society thats the bottom line. With its beautiful sandy beaches clear blue waters and lush green surrounds fiji is a tropical paradise. Hot on the man there that he was not so sure. But for some it quickly became a kind of hell. I knew as soon as i like step foot it was just not normal that she feels doesnt need to woods in the country kids one no one east investigates a secret of a cult and joins a father on his desperate bid to rescue his son. That casual night out with friends in downtown soon will be something sissy to meet no longer takes for granted. Its a reminder of how close she came to losing her freedom to a mysterious religious sect this church is an evil organization its a cult and i dont want anyone else to go through what i did i had lost everything it was. Harrowing. It all started in 2011 after her father died of cancer and her mother in aurora giong joined grace road church thats all kind of spiraled when my dad passed really my mother just kind if lost it i was only 13 didnt really know how to take care of my mother i was. Like so heartbroken over with all. Of this would have happened. When you know cecilias mother became captivated by the sermons of. The charismatic founder of the church who donna more than even 100. 00 russians at some covered. Under. Some in the one rung of. My mother was just kind of saying a lot of weird things like the doctors implanting like things into. Chips microchips that are chips. And like was are people lizard people is the thought of conspiracy theories she kept talking about revelations like the end of the world. Germs day. In preparation for doomsday should knock you decided to move her children followers to the South Pacific island of fiji. And 2014 celias mother announced she wanted to move there too we made a deal we made a promise that i would go with her. To help her settle and. And i would stay there for 2 weeks. Her mother and the rest of her family were among the 1st of more than 400 grace road followers to move to fiji. While she was there celia witnessed some of shocked juicer men. What was. The tournaments it was weird. Not my cup of tea a lot of wheeling a lot of shouting im she would. Verbally abuse a lot of people. Call the names. Awful names and like what i think liar. Or things like that. Which is not normal for a Church Service obviously and i was. Taken aback. When it came time for cecilia to leave Church Members tried to convince her to stay but she refused she couldnt wait to get home i actually started packing like the day before and when i went. You know pack my computer my laptop it was gone i realized my passport was gone that when you started to panic. Yeah panicking a lot i was screaming for help. To celia ran onto the road flag down a passing police car and fled to the korean embassy. Officials issued her emergency passport she managed to fly back to school even after her mother cancelled her original plane ticket what happened when you came back to korea so when i was in fiji the whole time i didnt realize this but my mother saw everything. No money. No house my entire family sold their houses. So i had literally nowhere to go. With the help of friends cecilia slowly began rebuilding her life in south korea she started a go fund me page to raise money to start over. But she soon became a target for online vitriol from Church Members including her own mother. I do not think of her as my daughter any longer she who does not listen. To my words and goes against god doesnt make it feel to me this. I mean theres words. And i dont know me and i am much happier without them if i lived. To celia has not spoken to her mother in years and if that make you feel to lose your mother to a cult i realize she is a lost cause but i just it wasnt healthy for me to keep ty saw it just let her go its its no use keeping in touch with her. Cecilia isnt the only one to lose a loved one to grace wrote. About 4 hours from saul on a farm near the studio daegu lee youd say is starting over after escaping fiji with his family. Like cecilias mother he was also caught in the thrall of jews preaching at the border. On his. Own. Chile. But he says he became disillusioned after witnessing the abuse of other followers in fiji he decided to escape with his wife and youngest son but his eldest son john one is still in fiji and the fuses to lead. Them on which i sure was out of because he went on you know what i mean to chill through war. I could. Get on a. Good touch somehow. Someway im on the up. Because i had a poly. One awesome joke and calling cards little. Before you can say and his family went to the Promised Land they were told to sell all their belongings and give the proceeds to the church. But there was one final rite of passage. About the threshing ritual. And. The kid in a book at the church any being. 100 sat on me. And the other didnt go. The singing in all this you and. I couldnt see good at all. But you know just. Down on his return has been described by others. They say followers are asked to take turns hidden each other often violently. Sometimes children also my. Own mother pushing them in on me when we didnt want to miss our you know getting to know getting on. Poking around in the. Hunting arms and now many. Former members say a jew told her followers not to seek medical treatment. In at least 2 cases cult members with Serious Health conditions requiring dialysis did not receive the lifesaving procedure. It is on. To ones are committed to doing so. The hunger she could be the cruel cannot. Total when it than isnt. The wouldnt iran is done by just those and the University Professor tara g. Il has been studying cults for 30 years he says grace wrote church has all the hallmarks of one. Song. Has over us when i grow corn honey tag on to chores or call door peter. And saw symbol to look at overall to each over kill or. Saw so it touched on mothering it out one. Question though those who were. To have some into. The professor tarc believes the social pressures and the countrys struggling economy makes koreans susceptible to cults even all your own work. Couldnt manage. Or grown old or young or quick or even. Got you or. To progress. A man. You. Got. He says authorities should intervene to stop groups like grace road and support people who escape today the professor is meeting in sync to find out more about his experiences some ones you can see no joy with. The Young Children just you know. College and up the hudson or honduras as we see or. Hear. Them out. In the wind chill through. The configuration. He went to as a gentleman. To do it again and how you think. Back on his farm those worries weigh heavily on you and say that hes determined to try and bring his son home. Even imagine one solitary one. Month theres just no. 1 oclock to do all the how to. I dont know how to. Get out of london are on the way i dont know how hard do you think youll be to convince him to come back with you. And then the woman on what i need to do. When you know. I would you dont have to pick on me she mobile so we see anybody. She she understood on a similar until tomorrow. After allegations of abuse both korean and Fijian Police investigated grace roach. And in july 28th several members were arrested including its founder. Jill was convicted of fraud child abuse and assault among other charges despite this the Church Continues to operate here and teach. Grace road church now led by should do son daniel kim shows it sanctuary well. Its beautiful and peaceful. And its also clear when we arrive in fiji that its much more than a church its a big business. The grace road group owns dozens of restaurants here salons Hardware Stores and even a dental clinic. Its invested millions in the country but former members say its korean workforce is on paid. One. Im sure. You dont want to the tongue can go. Go it almost. Doesnt go chuck charge it watch or. The group has mastered close ties with local politicians and has been awarded lucrative government contracts including renovations and extensions to Government House and the Prime Ministers residence. And their ambitions may not end there 101 east has obtained exclusive footage of chanel to sermons which reveal the cults ultimate goal on the american pundits she. Says. To move to this is good in the hes hired a transatlantic and of a. Career is allowed to get. She feels passive. So is this where the school was supposed to be built. This is a place. Where the river leonora. Agreed greece will. Is from the day you but tribe who live about an hour from fijis capital suva the tribe or at least nearly a 100 acres of land to the church with an agreement that grace road would build a school on part of it but this hasnt happened instead its all been converted to farmland. Not transparent. The church claims to employ more than 200 feet. So everybody we are meeting tonight worked at grace road. Its what a right to know what worked as a welder for grace road. Late sister kitty litter worked at the churchs dairy farm. Both describe working conditions that do not comply with fijis labor laws how do you feel grace rolled treats its fijian staff. Some of the little honey. The whole bit. Of. A twat he says hes all cult members being hit by their bosses. One day fell off scaffolding after he said he was told to move it while he was standing on it he shattered his left thigh doctors inserted a metal breaks it would take 2 years to recover which unless. You look. At the maybe a little bit enabling him enjoy. What a says grace wrote paid his medical bills and promised him compensation after he returned to work the pain became too unbearable to continue and he was fired hes been unable to find steady work since. Somy own enough to sister. Died of a heart attack in her living quarters on grace rhodes farm he attributes her death to stress and physical exhaustion my mind leaving only the bucket where i am up to my little 2 minute. Appeal. Under fijian law grace road should have provided her with transport. Or one of them up in a. Short time. And they didnt do anything for her fear all they did. They didnt even send flowers. They say workers are scared to criticize grace wrote because of the churchs influence with the government. From the company where. I live. But in a. Limo to cover that you dont limit in which after repeated requests to various government offices and ministries including the attorney general and the Prime Minister no one from the figgy and government was available to speak with Us Investment fiji the Agency Responsible for Foreign Investment said it was told not to speak about grace road. Leave a has arrived in fiji his 1st stop is the korean embassy. Mr lee how is it going. To be other than like you see it. On the wind damage and i look to the country. The embassy has helped several former cult members leafy cheek by providing emergency passports and safe passage to the airport but it doesnt always work out. But despite the embassys help this desperate mother was unable to rescue her daughter. What happened they say. Youre on your own. Grace road initially agree to an interview but they changed their minds and started ignoring our calls. When we tried to film a grace road petrol station thats under construction. A worker demands to know what were doing and calls head office for your war you are. Just here taking some pictures were allowed to take pictures from public property thats the law in fiji and. Weve given you more than a month to respond to our interview requests. When we go to the dairy farm where some. Members demand we leave. The old. Private water but were. Like. The little boy we. Were doing a story on grace road and its businesses in fiji and sold. This is a Business Case you were just taking a youre wrong because you take it wrong be graceful if it were the case still the idea that you should ask for us. Is also being blocked by grace road the church tells him through the embassy that hell never be allowed on their property so we agree to record a message for him. Other year. Because i wanted to use among us in our. Curable manayunk it done and theyre going to have any letters of mrs euro edition and. So that on. Our. Trillion or so but in japan and are. So in japan. Sold with our little trailers are more in the her saw him those. 2 will be another. New on the role model of though i was little so humble yoko then when the movie another commander mano you know you want to go. On conduct and you could tell her war you know you were going to. Go all. Right to depart on the. We visit grace road to deliver his message. Good morning so. We thought we try again to see if mr kim was here. And we just tried to want to deliver a message to chong won i wonder if hes here. Hes not here do you know when you might be back should we try again we just wanted to play a video for him. So theres no way that we can get him a show this video to his song. Were just. Sort of. With no other way to contact you and say son were forced to leave. You and say is devastated. Before he heads to the airport he makes one last trip to the farm desperate to catch a glimpse of his son. Into also others were boarded on some local more than and. Other would on the wall. For a ticket on downing to cheer him on me until. How you can go. To number 200. 00 in one. Oddity that she and ill give you. Each edge again one isnt because the. Guys you saw in our community. And he vows hell keep fighting to protect others from what his familys been through. Either you dont until you go and tell us i see your. 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