1 00:00:19,167 --> 00:00:22,875 - (ENGINE NOISE) - (BIRDS SINGING) 2 00:00:22,959 --> 00:00:24,809 RHONDA SCHWARTZ: A call came in... 3 00:00:26,250 --> 00:00:27,708 and a woman 4 00:00:27,792 --> 00:00:29,458 on the other end of the phone he said 5 00:00:29,542 --> 00:00:32,416 that she lived in this small rural town 6 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:35,667 and he found out that a church 7 00:00:35,751 --> 00:00:38,834 had purchased over 270 acres. 8 00:00:38,918 --> 00:00:41,375 (BIRDS SINGING) 9 00:00:41,459 --> 00:00:45,125 RHONDA: He said they were terrible things happening 10 00:00:45,209 --> 00:00:47,459 and that we had to investigate. 11 00:00:48,751 --> 00:00:49,834 FLOWERY BRANCH RESIDENT 12 00:00:49,918 --> 00:00:52,625 KATE: I read about sexual abuse 13 00:00:52,709 --> 00:00:54,042 and it was hard. 14 00:00:54,918 --> 00:00:55,999 I was angry. 15 00:00:56,083 --> 00:00:58,166 I don't want that near my house, 16 00:00:58,250 --> 00:01:00,292 from my city, from my community. 17 00:01:01,667 --> 00:01:03,792 Something in me told me I had to act. 18 00:01:05,292 --> 00:01:06,583 RHONDA: She introduced me 19 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:10,125 to a chat room very private Reddit... 20 00:01:11,375 --> 00:01:13,750 where one of the women involved 21 00:01:13,834 --> 00:01:17,042 She called herself "Survivor." 22 00:01:18,626 --> 00:01:22,250 It took me a long time try to talk to them, 23 00:01:22,334 --> 00:01:26,167 but finally I was able to contact them. 24 00:01:27,792 --> 00:01:30,500 The most difficult thing when reporting about this story 25 00:01:30,584 --> 00:01:32,500 was finding survivors 26 00:01:32,584 --> 00:01:34,166 to speak publicly, 27 00:01:34,250 --> 00:01:36,792 to tell their story. 28 00:01:36,876 --> 00:01:40,125 KATE: I heard their stories and their pain. 29 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:44,209 Their fear is that their family will abandon them, 30 00:01:44,792 --> 00:01:45,958 and then its circle, 31 00:01:46,042 --> 00:01:49,625 their community also abandons them. 32 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:51,125 RHONDA:But finally, 33 00:01:51,209 --> 00:01:52,875 someone raised their hand 34 00:01:52,959 --> 00:01:54,626 and said he would talk. 35 00:01:55,375 --> 00:01:57,209 It was Sochil Martin. 36 00:01:58,250 --> 00:02:01,750 Sochil Martin was a survivor. 37 00:02:01,834 --> 00:02:02,916 - (APPLAUSE) - Thank you. 38 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,125 NARRATOR: Jeff Anderson and associates. 39 00:02:06,500 --> 00:02:08,167 I show up today 40 00:02:08,959 --> 00:02:11,042 because this has to stop. 41 00:02:12,417 --> 00:02:17,584 ♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 42 00:02:26,417 --> 00:02:27,667 NARRATOR: Behind the veil. 43 00:02:27,751 --> 00:02:30,625 Surviving the church The Light of the World. 44 00:02:30,709 --> 00:02:32,583 Part two: Unconditional. 45 00:02:32,667 --> 00:02:36,876 ♪ (THEME MUSICAL CONCLUDES) ♪ 46 00:02:38,459 --> 00:02:40,626 (BIRDS SINGING) 47 00:02:47,375 --> 00:02:48,792 MOM 48 00:02:54,250 --> 00:02:56,959 HECTOR VERA: When I I joined the organization, 49 00:02:57,584 --> 00:02:59,416 I was barely 20 years old. 50 00:02:59,500 --> 00:03:00,416 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 51 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:04,958 I had the rank of deacon for several years. 52 00:03:05,042 --> 00:03:09,166 In the time that I was in the work here in the United States, 53 00:03:09,250 --> 00:03:10,916 wherever I arrived, 54 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:12,916 he sought the benefit of the church 55 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,750 and encouraged the brothers to buy temples, 56 00:03:15,834 --> 00:03:17,208 to buy land. 57 00:03:17,292 --> 00:03:20,041 To grow a lot in every sense. 58 00:03:20,125 --> 00:03:22,875 The church had to be seen, right? 59 00:03:22,959 --> 00:03:25,083 There is a text in the Bible that says 60 00:03:25,167 --> 00:03:26,999 than a city sitting on a mountain 61 00:03:27,083 --> 00:03:30,542 it cannot be hidden. And it is what which we always tried to do. 62 00:03:32,209 --> 00:03:33,708 California, 63 00:03:33,792 --> 00:03:35,041 Texas, 64 00:03:35,125 --> 00:03:36,333 Florida, 65 00:03:36,417 --> 00:03:37,708 New York, 66 00:03:37,792 --> 00:03:41,125 Washington D.C. They were the main ones. 67 00:03:41,209 --> 00:03:43,792 And from there it has expanded to other places. 68 00:03:43,876 --> 00:03:46,792 In Las Vegas, Salt Lake, Oregon. 69 00:03:46,876 --> 00:03:48,959 From here he went to Canada. 70 00:03:50,834 --> 00:03:52,834 In the United States, it was my turn 71 00:03:52,918 --> 00:03:56,333 be one of the first 15 ministers 72 00:03:56,417 --> 00:03:57,834 taking care of the church here. 73 00:04:00,167 --> 00:04:02,250 And wherever I went, 74 00:04:02,334 --> 00:04:06,667 I... wanted to exalt the name of the church. 75 00:04:07,417 --> 00:04:09,125 (CELL PHONE RINGS) 76 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:12,999 - (BEEP) - Hi, beautiful. 77 00:04:13,083 --> 00:04:15,500 How are you?Hi. 78 00:04:15,584 --> 00:04:17,999 - (JEMIMA LAUGHS) - (HECTOR SPEAKS IN ENGLISH) 79 00:04:18,083 --> 00:04:20,625 (LAUGHTER) Hi, mija, how are you? 80 00:04:20,709 --> 00:04:22,333 (JEMIMA SPEAKS IN ENGLISH) 81 00:04:22,417 --> 00:04:23,500 Well, daddy, how are you? 82 00:04:23,584 --> 00:04:26,041 HECTOR: Good, good. Excited here. 83 00:04:26,125 --> 00:04:28,083 JEMIMA: Oh. How is everything going? 84 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:30,208 Everything very good. Very good, very good. Yes. 85 00:04:30,292 --> 00:04:32,583 - I want to get there. - HECTOR: Yes. 86 00:04:32,667 --> 00:04:35,166 JEMIMA:My father was a minister. 87 00:04:35,250 --> 00:04:38,083 They moved my dad from one place to another. 88 00:04:38,876 --> 00:04:40,667 I was born in Washington D.C. 89 00:04:40,751 --> 00:04:41,625 My brother and my sister 90 00:04:41,709 --> 00:04:43,208 They were born in Brooklyn, New York. 91 00:04:43,292 --> 00:04:45,333 My little sister in Dallas, Texas, 92 00:04:45,417 --> 00:04:47,417 and my little brother in San Antonio. 93 00:04:50,167 --> 00:04:51,792 They make us believe that we are 94 00:04:51,876 --> 00:04:53,208 God's chosen people, 95 00:04:53,292 --> 00:04:56,083 so we strive to be perfect 96 00:04:56,167 --> 00:05:00,166 and we have to set the example 97 00:05:00,250 --> 00:05:03,291 to the rest of the world, save the rest of the world. 98 00:05:03,375 --> 00:05:04,584 Preach him. 99 00:05:06,667 --> 00:05:09,250 And I didn't know anything outside of that. 100 00:05:10,667 --> 00:05:11,708 In all my life 101 00:05:11,792 --> 00:05:15,542 they restricted us dances at school, 102 00:05:15,626 --> 00:05:16,875 I couldn't wear a short skirt. 103 00:05:16,959 --> 00:05:19,458 I couldn't dye myself any color I wanted. 104 00:05:19,542 --> 00:05:20,625 I couldn't wear earrings. 105 00:05:20,709 --> 00:05:22,250 (LAUGHS) I couldn't put on makeup. 106 00:05:25,125 --> 00:05:27,208 All the people from wherever they were, 107 00:05:27,292 --> 00:05:29,417 I had no idea what was happening. 108 00:05:31,459 --> 00:05:32,416 (ENGINE ACCELERATES) 109 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,334 ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 110 00:05:37,626 --> 00:05:40,583 HECTOR: Regarding at the service of the church, 111 00:05:40,667 --> 00:05:41,959 it was unconditional. 112 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,626 They married me to Noemí Leyva. 113 00:05:47,209 --> 00:05:48,959 Jemima's mother. 114 00:05:50,500 --> 00:05:53,626 If the apostle decides something, For us it is a commandment. 115 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:58,416 I had five children with her. 116 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:02,125 They told us: "No, you are the couple of the moment." 117 00:06:02,209 --> 00:06:06,375 I spoke with faith. I was trying for the church to grow, 118 00:06:06,459 --> 00:06:08,375 let it flourish, that would reach the whole world, 119 00:06:08,459 --> 00:06:11,375 because this was worthy to be known by everyone. 120 00:06:11,459 --> 00:06:13,583 It was the faith that I had. 121 00:06:13,667 --> 00:06:15,751 It was the feeling I had. 122 00:06:19,042 --> 00:06:21,000 I didn't know what was happening. 123 00:06:21,876 --> 00:06:23,458 (CROWD APPLAUSES) 124 00:06:23,542 --> 00:06:26,458 HECTOR: When they accused to Samuel in Mexico, 125 00:06:26,542 --> 00:06:28,834 in 1997, 126 00:06:30,334 --> 00:06:32,625 faith was already over. 127 00:06:32,709 --> 00:06:34,458 ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 128 00:06:34,542 --> 00:06:36,375 FORMER SENATOR OF MEXICO 129 00:06:36,459 --> 00:06:40,416 In 1997, the lawsuits came against The Light of the World. 130 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:42,708 Although I heard about it in 1997 131 00:06:42,792 --> 00:06:45,626 of such news that came out, was turned off. 132 00:06:46,667 --> 00:06:49,125 Allegations of rape and pedophilia, 133 00:06:49,209 --> 00:06:50,250 according to them, 134 00:06:50,334 --> 00:06:52,625 They are inventions of the power mafia. 135 00:06:52,709 --> 00:06:56,041 Where was justice What do the victims claim? 136 00:06:56,125 --> 00:06:59,334 Do you know where it is? On pause. 137 00:07:00,876 --> 00:07:04,667 I have been doing politics for 27 years now. 138 00:07:04,751 --> 00:07:07,166 I have been a senator of the Republic, 139 00:07:07,250 --> 00:07:10,041 twice federal representative, gubernatorial candidate 140 00:07:10,125 --> 00:07:11,542 because of my state. 141 00:07:11,626 --> 00:07:14,166 President of the commission against human trafficking. 142 00:07:14,250 --> 00:07:18,958 And well, I am proudly a mom of an 18 year old girl. 143 00:07:19,042 --> 00:07:20,792 (LAUGHS) 144 00:07:20,876 --> 00:07:26,292 ♪ (CHOIR SINGING) ♪ 145 00:07:28,792 --> 00:07:30,999 ADRIANA DÁVILA FERNÁNDEZ: The Light of the World is a church 146 00:07:31,083 --> 00:07:34,626 which has been very popular in Mexico. 147 00:07:36,292 --> 00:07:38,250 And the truth is that... 148 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,916 when you get involved 149 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,875 and you read, and you go... reviewing the files, 150 00:07:44,959 --> 00:07:46,416 is when you say: 151 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:48,292 "Son, what's going on?" right? 152 00:07:49,292 --> 00:07:52,209 You need to establish yourself accountability. 153 00:07:53,083 --> 00:07:55,125 And that's not happening. 154 00:07:58,375 --> 00:08:00,041 But now let's get to a story 155 00:08:00,125 --> 00:08:02,667 that has been transformed in an international scandal. 156 00:08:02,751 --> 00:08:04,333 It all started when some faithful 157 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:06,458 from the Light of the World church 158 00:08:06,542 --> 00:08:09,958 They denounced their leader for alleged sexual abuse 159 00:08:10,042 --> 00:08:11,958 with members of the congregation. 160 00:08:12,042 --> 00:08:14,166 (CLOCK TICK) 161 00:08:14,250 --> 00:08:18,333 "DRUGS, SEX AND CRIME IN THE BOTTOM OF A SECT..." 162 00:08:18,417 --> 00:08:20,542 "...HE BIT ME HORRIBLY, "HE LEFT MY BODY MARKED." 163 00:08:20,626 --> 00:08:23,583 RHONDA: In trying to investigate the history of the church, 164 00:08:23,667 --> 00:08:26,291 we discovered that in 1997, 165 00:08:26,375 --> 00:08:29,291 In Mexico, there were some complainants. 166 00:08:29,375 --> 00:08:30,375 JOURNALIST 167 00:08:30,459 --> 00:08:32,792 One in particular who said 168 00:08:32,876 --> 00:08:35,375 that when I was young, had been horribly abused 169 00:08:35,459 --> 00:08:37,667 by the then apostle Samuel. 170 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:40,916 And he had tried to expose this and gave an interview. 171 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:41,916 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 172 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:44,542 When I was at the age of 16, 173 00:08:45,459 --> 00:08:48,333 I was subjected to sexual abuse. 174 00:08:48,417 --> 00:08:51,375 - By whom, sir? - On behalf of its maximum leader, 175 00:08:51,459 --> 00:08:53,125 Samuel Joaquín Flores. 176 00:08:53,209 --> 00:08:55,542 I told him that this was an act of homosexuality, 177 00:08:55,626 --> 00:08:57,208 that he had his wife, 178 00:08:57,292 --> 00:09:00,625 and he said to me: "But how can you talk to me?" 179 00:09:00,709 --> 00:09:04,041 If I'm not... a man like any other? 180 00:09:04,125 --> 00:09:05,999 I am a servant of God, 181 00:09:06,083 --> 00:09:07,583 I am an angel. 182 00:09:07,667 --> 00:09:09,291 What you should understand 183 00:09:09,375 --> 00:09:12,459 it's just that angels don't have sex." 184 00:09:15,083 --> 00:09:19,708 JOEL SILVA OROZCO: When This scandal broke out in 1997, 185 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:22,750 I was in charge of public relations 186 00:09:22,834 --> 00:09:24,166 of Beautiful Province. 187 00:09:24,250 --> 00:09:26,626 And many of the media They decided to contact me. 188 00:09:29,876 --> 00:09:33,416 I thought they were false accusations. 189 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:37,667 I spoke to people in the media: "Moisés Padilla is pretending." 190 00:09:38,334 --> 00:09:40,958 ANNOUNCER: See it coming. 191 00:09:41,042 --> 00:09:44,375 JOEL: We met some 10,000 people shouting: 192 00:09:44,459 --> 00:09:47,291 "Hey, stop to the liars in the media! 193 00:09:47,375 --> 00:09:49,166 They are trying to destroy the church!". 194 00:09:49,250 --> 00:09:50,458 And I, truly, 195 00:09:50,542 --> 00:09:52,792 I thought we were being falsely accused. 196 00:09:52,876 --> 00:09:54,250 about rapes. 197 00:09:54,334 --> 00:09:57,041 God has chosen this body, 198 00:09:57,125 --> 00:09:59,667 than a coal taken 199 00:09:59,751 --> 00:10:02,500 in the spiritual house of God 200 00:10:02,584 --> 00:10:05,166 come burn this body 201 00:10:05,250 --> 00:10:08,458 to purify it for His Holy Grace 202 00:10:08,542 --> 00:10:10,876 as he has done in the Holy Election. 203 00:10:14,083 --> 00:10:16,208 JOEL: What happened is that Samuel 204 00:10:16,292 --> 00:10:18,458 sent people to government offices 205 00:10:18,542 --> 00:10:21,125 where lawsuits are filed 206 00:10:21,209 --> 00:10:24,333 so that the evidence disappears. 207 00:10:24,417 --> 00:10:28,042 And I... that's when I knew that something was happening. 208 00:10:29,334 --> 00:10:32,166 ADRIÁN CALVILLO: They were also false accusations. 209 00:10:32,250 --> 00:10:36,041 None of them proceeded, and appear in official documents 210 00:10:36,125 --> 00:10:39,334 that this was simply slander. 211 00:10:40,918 --> 00:10:42,916 RHONDA: In the case of Moisés Padilla, 212 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,708 after he reported him, 213 00:10:44,792 --> 00:10:47,500 He was kidnapped and almost murdered. 214 00:10:47,584 --> 00:10:50,291 The attack was really serious. 215 00:10:50,375 --> 00:10:54,083 REPORTER 1: This man received 69 stab wounds throughout his body. 216 00:10:54,167 --> 00:10:57,166 Victim of the most atrocious of revenge. 217 00:10:57,250 --> 00:11:00,083 MOSES: I thought it was the last day of my existence. 218 00:11:00,167 --> 00:11:01,416 And when I loosened my body, 219 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:03,500 They thought I was already dead. 220 00:11:03,584 --> 00:11:05,500 MAN WHO ACCUSED CHURCH MEXICAN, WAS ATTACKED 221 00:11:05,584 --> 00:11:06,625 REPORTER 2: Moisés Padilla 222 00:11:06,709 --> 00:11:08,458 revealed the name of who, according to him, 223 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:10,999 he was the culprit of the 69 stab wounds 224 00:11:11,083 --> 00:11:12,416 which several strangers gave him 225 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,416 after depriving him of his freedom. 226 00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:16,041 MOSES: I accuse directly 227 00:11:16,125 --> 00:11:19,083 as mastermind to Samuel Joaquín Flores, 228 00:11:19,167 --> 00:11:21,416 alias "the servant of God." 229 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:25,542 Moisés Padilla accused to Samuel to send men 230 00:11:25,626 --> 00:11:27,958 after him to kill him. 231 00:11:28,042 --> 00:11:31,416 In this case, I do not rule out the possibility that... 232 00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:35,041 the attack on my life it would have been an offering 233 00:11:35,125 --> 00:11:37,792 or a birthday gift for Samuel Joaquín Flores. 234 00:11:37,876 --> 00:11:39,208 (APPLAUSE) 235 00:11:39,292 --> 00:11:42,166 JOEL: And I was trying to discredit that. 236 00:11:42,250 --> 00:11:46,375 But now I think it was someone very close to Samuel 237 00:11:46,459 --> 00:11:50,292 who ordered that... Moisés Padilla was stabbed. 238 00:11:52,083 --> 00:11:56,208 - ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ - (INDISTINCT VOICES) 239 00:11:56,292 --> 00:11:57,625 (APPLAUSE) 240 00:11:57,709 --> 00:11:59,458 ADRIANA: I'm sure that The Light of the World 241 00:11:59,542 --> 00:12:01,458 is of the churches most powerful we have. 242 00:12:01,542 --> 00:12:04,458 Not only because of the number of faithful that they generate, 243 00:12:04,542 --> 00:12:08,291 but for the offers that they do for access to power. 244 00:12:08,375 --> 00:12:10,333 Participation in political campaigns 245 00:12:10,417 --> 00:12:11,792 of all parties. 246 00:12:11,876 --> 00:12:14,667 But also for business What they represent, right? 247 00:12:14,751 --> 00:12:16,500 real estate business, 248 00:12:16,584 --> 00:12:19,999 business in land, business on the farm 249 00:12:20,083 --> 00:12:21,918 and forced labor and service. 250 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,291 And then they grow and expanding their networks, 251 00:12:26,375 --> 00:12:28,999 and that, later you realize that they have them in Veracruz, 252 00:12:29,083 --> 00:12:30,208 they have them in Puebla, 253 00:12:30,292 --> 00:12:33,918 and they begin to expand their power mechanisms. 254 00:12:37,292 --> 00:12:40,291 HECTOR: The Light of the World Church 255 00:12:40,375 --> 00:12:42,292 he gets involved with politicians. 256 00:12:43,834 --> 00:12:47,542 He gets involved with people who has a big position 257 00:12:47,626 --> 00:12:49,041 in politics. 258 00:12:49,125 --> 00:12:51,250 I remember that... 259 00:12:51,334 --> 00:12:54,834 Samuel exhorted the young people, right? 260 00:12:54,918 --> 00:12:56,916 He exhorted the church, 261 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,958 so that... they had... 262 00:13:00,042 --> 00:13:02,999 relations with the municipal president, 263 00:13:03,083 --> 00:13:06,291 with the governors, that they had those links 264 00:13:06,375 --> 00:13:10,500 so that the church... It will reach everything... at every level. 265 00:13:13,042 --> 00:13:16,876 JOEL: They are colluding with the ruling party in Mexico. 266 00:13:19,918 --> 00:13:23,291 Not just local government but even the federal one, 267 00:13:23,375 --> 00:13:25,875 the federal government. 268 00:13:25,959 --> 00:13:29,751 And this directly benefited to Joaquín's family. 269 00:13:34,709 --> 00:13:36,291 ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 270 00:13:36,375 --> 00:13:39,041 NARRATOR: Promotional video from The Light of the World. 271 00:13:39,125 --> 00:13:40,999 NARRATOR: In that framework of happiness, 272 00:13:41,083 --> 00:13:42,792 love and mutual understanding, 273 00:13:42,876 --> 00:13:46,667 God began to bless his marriage with sons and daughters. 274 00:13:46,751 --> 00:13:50,834 Benjamin, Azael, Rahel, Nahshon, Bathsheba, 275 00:13:50,918 --> 00:13:53,167 Uzziel and Atlai. 276 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,959 LETICIA SILVA: Samuel had eight children. 277 00:13:59,876 --> 00:14:01,916 They created this powerful 278 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,083 family where everyone He bowed before them. 279 00:14:05,167 --> 00:14:06,250 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 280 00:14:06,334 --> 00:14:08,083 Before his children, his grandchildren. 281 00:14:08,167 --> 00:14:09,834 The entire church served them. 282 00:14:09,918 --> 00:14:12,166 JEMIMA: We said: "Oh, my God! 283 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:13,708 The great Joaquín." 284 00:14:13,792 --> 00:14:15,916 It was so special. 285 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,375 HECTOR: They make you believe to the church that they are kings. 286 00:14:19,459 --> 00:14:23,334 To the sons of Samuel We called him princes. 287 00:14:25,792 --> 00:14:27,500 SOCHIL MARTIN: Benjamín was the oldest 288 00:14:27,584 --> 00:14:29,792 and was thought to be the successor to the throne. 289 00:14:31,209 --> 00:14:33,166 Naasón was the fifth. 290 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:35,125 And he needed it a lot 291 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:38,209 to get attention and his father's approval. 292 00:14:39,042 --> 00:14:41,458 Benjamin and Naason 293 00:14:41,542 --> 00:14:43,500 They seriously hated each other. 294 00:14:43,584 --> 00:14:46,500 There was a war within the family. 295 00:14:46,584 --> 00:14:47,958 With great academic level... 296 00:14:48,042 --> 00:14:50,166 SOCHIL: And if Benjamín had a project, 297 00:14:50,250 --> 00:14:53,625 - Naasón's had to be better. - (CROWD APPLAUSES) 298 00:14:53,709 --> 00:14:55,125 SOCHIL: They competed to see 299 00:14:55,209 --> 00:14:56,999 who had more to give to his father. 300 00:14:57,083 --> 00:15:00,667 ♪ (SUSPENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 301 00:15:01,459 --> 00:15:04,750 SOCHIL:For me, with Samuel... 302 00:15:04,834 --> 00:15:07,542 he never got past the dance, and well... 303 00:15:09,334 --> 00:15:11,751 of striptease to a certain extent. 304 00:15:13,459 --> 00:15:16,458 But now I realize, talking to other girls 305 00:15:16,542 --> 00:15:18,876 that I didn't have such a bad time. 306 00:15:20,459 --> 00:15:22,500 No matter how bad Samuel was, 307 00:15:22,584 --> 00:15:24,166 Naasón was even worse. 308 00:15:24,250 --> 00:15:26,876 ♪ (SUSPENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 309 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:32,250 SOCHIL: I was 16 when I met Naasón. 310 00:15:32,334 --> 00:15:34,250 The mission that God has given me 311 00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:36,667 being the son of the Lord's apostle. 312 00:15:36,751 --> 00:15:38,583 SOCHIL: Naasón was our shepherd 313 00:15:38,667 --> 00:15:40,999 and had several churches 314 00:15:41,083 --> 00:15:42,334 at your expense. 315 00:15:42,751 --> 00:15:43,958 My aunt said: 316 00:15:44,042 --> 00:15:47,333 "Brother Naasón has a project coming to California. 317 00:15:47,417 --> 00:15:49,125 But his father didn't make anything easier for him." 318 00:15:49,209 --> 00:15:51,291 ♪ (NEWS MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 319 00:15:51,375 --> 00:15:53,291 (APPLAUSE) 320 00:15:53,375 --> 00:15:55,834 SOCHIL: Berea is from La Luz del Mundo, 321 00:15:55,918 --> 00:15:59,458 the communication company and public relations. 322 00:15:59,542 --> 00:16:02,041 And it is originally from Mexico, 323 00:16:02,125 --> 00:16:04,916 and it was founded by Samuel. 324 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:09,041 But Naason was building your own empire. 325 00:16:09,125 --> 00:16:11,291 And Berea United States began 326 00:16:11,375 --> 00:16:12,834 out of nowhere. 327 00:16:12,918 --> 00:16:14,708 He sold his cars, sold his computers, 328 00:16:14,792 --> 00:16:16,167 their children's cars. 329 00:16:17,626 --> 00:16:20,166 He even inaugurated the first channel. 330 00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:23,708 And then Berea United States was consolidated. 331 00:16:23,792 --> 00:16:25,500 It was a complete business. 332 00:16:25,584 --> 00:16:27,750 ANNOUNCER: Listen to the special production 333 00:16:27,834 --> 00:16:28,834 from Berea Radio... 334 00:16:28,918 --> 00:16:30,999 SOCHIL: And he announced this project I had. 335 00:16:31,083 --> 00:16:32,416 It was a radio station 336 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:33,667 that I had 337 00:16:33,751 --> 00:16:35,500 three productions online. 338 00:16:35,584 --> 00:16:36,999 Naasón named me co-producer 339 00:16:37,083 --> 00:16:39,250 of all those programs. 340 00:16:40,918 --> 00:16:43,583 And I... accepted. 341 00:16:43,667 --> 00:16:46,250 He started calling me for projects 342 00:16:46,334 --> 00:16:47,542 and more projects. 343 00:16:47,626 --> 00:16:49,792 Berea began to grow even more. 344 00:16:49,876 --> 00:16:53,250 I went to high school too, of course. 345 00:16:53,334 --> 00:16:57,083 I felt good because I... He had given three productions. 346 00:16:57,167 --> 00:17:00,042 And besides, I was his personal assistant. 347 00:17:00,792 --> 00:17:02,375 Naasón was like... 348 00:17:02,459 --> 00:17:04,667 my savior at the beginning. 349 00:17:05,834 --> 00:17:07,500 He was my teacher. 350 00:17:08,417 --> 00:17:09,834 He was my friend. 351 00:17:10,459 --> 00:17:11,542 AND... 352 00:17:13,542 --> 00:17:15,792 I was a destroyed teenager. 353 00:17:18,626 --> 00:17:20,792 A destroyed teenager. (INHALE) 354 00:17:21,626 --> 00:17:23,417 Inside I was broken, 355 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,125 and... 356 00:17:26,876 --> 00:17:30,500 The truth is I felt very safe around him. 357 00:17:37,334 --> 00:17:41,125 But... at that moment That's when he started saying... 358 00:17:42,459 --> 00:17:44,999 "There's nothing wrong with touching your butt. 359 00:17:45,083 --> 00:17:47,250 There is nothing wrong to kiss you on the lips, 360 00:17:47,334 --> 00:17:48,542 There is nothing wrong..." 361 00:17:48,626 --> 00:17:51,583 And then it started to be very normal for me. 362 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:55,000 ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 363 00:17:57,709 --> 00:18:01,625 ANNA: I was present in Berea on many occasions 364 00:18:01,709 --> 00:18:03,125 in which ceremonies were held 365 00:18:03,209 --> 00:18:04,876 or when projections were made. 366 00:18:06,125 --> 00:18:07,958 In fact I saw 367 00:18:08,042 --> 00:18:10,875 how he flirted with other girls. 368 00:18:10,959 --> 00:18:13,417 Younger and even married girls. 369 00:18:14,167 --> 00:18:15,542 I visualized it... 370 00:18:15,626 --> 00:18:16,750 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 371 00:18:16,834 --> 00:18:18,542 ...very vain. 372 00:18:18,626 --> 00:18:21,458 I wanted to always be on top of everyone, 373 00:18:21,542 --> 00:18:23,583 He believed himself untouchable. 374 00:18:23,667 --> 00:18:27,041 NAASON: I'm asking you to the Lord may the Lord allow you 375 00:18:27,125 --> 00:18:28,999 also feel the blessing of God. 376 00:18:29,083 --> 00:18:30,667 JOEL:Naasón learned everything 377 00:18:30,751 --> 00:18:32,875 from his father, Samuel. 378 00:18:32,959 --> 00:18:34,458 He was a witness 379 00:18:34,542 --> 00:18:37,375 from the huge parade of girls that came and went 380 00:18:37,459 --> 00:18:38,792 from the house of Samuel. 381 00:18:38,876 --> 00:18:42,333 And he absorbed it as part of their privileges 382 00:18:42,417 --> 00:18:45,625 for the next generation. 383 00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:51,626 It means that we are consecrated to the service of God. 384 00:18:53,334 --> 00:18:55,291 FRANCISCO ESPINOZA SOSA: Naasón was my minister 385 00:18:55,375 --> 00:18:56,542 in San Diego. 386 00:18:57,834 --> 00:19:01,875 (BIRDS SINGING) 387 00:19:01,959 --> 00:19:06,834 FRANCIS: I remember that I had my girlfriend from church. 388 00:19:07,959 --> 00:19:10,750 We went out since we were 18. 389 00:19:10,834 --> 00:19:14,416 But always... trying to respect the rules 390 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:16,999 what the church gives you. 391 00:19:17,083 --> 00:19:19,166 Me and she did not have relations, 392 00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:21,291 but we do touch each other, we kiss, 393 00:19:21,375 --> 00:19:23,500 and we were both young. 394 00:19:23,584 --> 00:19:25,166 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 395 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:27,083 His mother discovered us. 396 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:31,709 Her mother went with Naasón. 397 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:40,667 Naasón spoke to the girl first, 398 00:19:40,751 --> 00:19:43,083 and then with me. 399 00:19:43,167 --> 00:19:46,209 And I sat at the desk, in front of him. 400 00:19:47,876 --> 00:19:52,291 I remember your desk It was glass, all glass. 401 00:19:52,375 --> 00:19:54,916 You could see his legs, Naason's. 402 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,209 I remember he told me: "Tell me what happened. 403 00:19:59,375 --> 00:20:02,542 Even if the most shameful things are, 404 00:20:03,292 --> 00:20:04,875 and more..." 405 00:20:04,959 --> 00:20:05,999 (EXHALE) 406 00:20:06,083 --> 00:20:08,542 "...uncomfortable for you. Things... 407 00:20:08,626 --> 00:20:11,458 more intimate and more shameful what you have done, 408 00:20:11,542 --> 00:20:13,292 you have to tell me, 409 00:20:13,792 --> 00:20:14,958 because you are going to... 410 00:20:15,042 --> 00:20:17,291 because you are ahead of the presence of God." 411 00:20:17,375 --> 00:20:20,459 And he lifted up the Bible, and put it there in the middle. 412 00:20:21,876 --> 00:20:24,292 He started telling me that if I... 413 00:20:26,959 --> 00:20:28,292 there was... 414 00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:32,000 if I had touched it with my fingers... 415 00:20:35,751 --> 00:20:39,291 If I had... touched her breasts, 416 00:20:39,375 --> 00:20:40,834 or things like that. 417 00:20:44,542 --> 00:20:47,999 He asked me questions explicitly sexual. 418 00:20:48,083 --> 00:20:50,916 What color underwear did he have? 419 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,667 what their private parts were like. 420 00:20:53,751 --> 00:20:56,500 What color were her... her nipples, 421 00:20:56,584 --> 00:21:00,417 if they were pink, or... dark, or light. 422 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,750 until it arrived the moment when he... 423 00:21:03,834 --> 00:21:05,958 I saw that he was very... 424 00:21:06,042 --> 00:21:10,792 I don't know, like very... his shirt was moving, 425 00:21:10,876 --> 00:21:13,458 and, suddenly, I saw that he began to touch himself 426 00:21:13,542 --> 00:21:15,834 down his pants, 427 00:21:15,918 --> 00:21:16,916 and... 428 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,416 And he told me: "Tell me, keep telling me, and... 429 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:21,041 Tell me." And I... 430 00:21:21,125 --> 00:21:23,792 Many things were going through my head, 431 00:21:23,876 --> 00:21:28,291 until he started to touch and masturbate 432 00:21:28,375 --> 00:21:30,500 with what I was telling him. 433 00:21:31,709 --> 00:21:35,000 I remember that when He already started doing it like this, already... 434 00:21:36,459 --> 00:21:38,208 I got up. 435 00:21:38,292 --> 00:21:40,708 I walked towards... towards the hallway, 436 00:21:40,792 --> 00:21:41,958 to where the door was, 437 00:21:42,042 --> 00:21:44,375 I ran, I went down the stairs. 438 00:21:44,459 --> 00:21:46,083 And I went home. 439 00:21:46,167 --> 00:21:49,542 ♪ (LLDM CHORUS SINGING) ♪ 440 00:21:58,584 --> 00:22:01,667 SOCHIL: I remember when Things changed with Naasón. 441 00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:08,834 I remember he said he wanted see me outside my school. 442 00:22:08,918 --> 00:22:11,792 He had a gray Range Rover truck. 443 00:22:14,751 --> 00:22:16,834 He took me to lunch 444 00:22:17,417 --> 00:22:19,250 and then... 445 00:22:19,334 --> 00:22:21,834 he took me to a small hotel. 446 00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,542 I grew up in that neighborhood. 447 00:22:26,209 --> 00:22:29,583 And we never discussed what would happen. 448 00:22:29,667 --> 00:22:33,000 And he took me to the room and placed me on the bed. 449 00:22:36,584 --> 00:22:37,751 And... 450 00:22:38,792 --> 00:22:40,125 he just stripped me naked. 451 00:22:42,876 --> 00:22:44,334 I didn't even speak. 452 00:22:46,918 --> 00:22:48,250 I was lying down 453 00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:51,042 and I trembled because I thought it was the air conditioning. 454 00:22:52,375 --> 00:22:54,542 I asked, "Can you turn off the air?" 455 00:22:54,626 --> 00:22:56,000 And he said: "It is already." 456 00:22:59,959 --> 00:23:02,083 And he did basically everything... 457 00:23:02,709 --> 00:23:04,083 less penetrating me. 458 00:23:06,876 --> 00:23:08,918 There were moments where... 459 00:23:12,209 --> 00:23:13,834 I needed to talk, 460 00:23:15,209 --> 00:23:16,542 but he... 461 00:23:16,626 --> 00:23:18,626 He pulled his mouth to... 462 00:23:20,667 --> 00:23:23,417 that my lips couldn't move. 463 00:23:24,834 --> 00:23:26,542 There I understood that... 464 00:23:27,459 --> 00:23:29,375 At that moment there is no speaking. 465 00:23:34,500 --> 00:23:36,000 And once it was over... 466 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:40,542 he asked me to dance for him. 467 00:23:40,626 --> 00:23:44,500 I don't forget what I danced, a hula-hoop dance. 468 00:23:45,876 --> 00:23:48,167 And then he looked at me and... 469 00:23:49,751 --> 00:23:51,999 He said to me: "Are you mine forever?" 470 00:23:52,083 --> 00:23:54,959 And I said, "Yes, yours forever." 471 00:23:58,042 --> 00:24:00,417 This happened at least twice a month. 472 00:24:01,542 --> 00:24:04,125 He was the servant of the son of God, 473 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:06,625 and also my boss, and... 474 00:24:06,709 --> 00:24:09,125 sometimes he was even like my father. 475 00:24:09,209 --> 00:24:10,958 And I... 476 00:24:11,042 --> 00:24:13,959 I was confused in so many ways. 477 00:24:15,918 --> 00:24:19,250 There was a moment in which I gave up. 478 00:24:22,459 --> 00:24:25,250 I had a... nervous breakdown. 479 00:24:27,876 --> 00:24:30,667 I remember that... 480 00:24:30,751 --> 00:24:33,209 I hid in the church closet... 481 00:24:34,626 --> 00:24:37,083 where the chairs were kept and... 482 00:24:38,125 --> 00:24:39,709 old curtains. 483 00:24:42,250 --> 00:24:44,500 I stayed there all night, 484 00:24:45,334 --> 00:24:46,375 e... 485 00:24:48,584 --> 00:24:50,042 I imagined... 486 00:24:51,918 --> 00:24:53,125 my life... 487 00:24:55,459 --> 00:24:58,584 out of... what was living. (SOBBING) 488 00:24:59,834 --> 00:25:01,834 But I woke up... 489 00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:03,208 the next morning, 490 00:25:03,292 --> 00:25:06,667 and I said, "Well, this is not my life. 491 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:09,209 This is my reality." 492 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,416 And... 493 00:25:11,500 --> 00:25:13,334 "Now I just have to endure." 494 00:25:20,584 --> 00:25:23,083 And then something happened. 495 00:25:26,792 --> 00:25:29,626 When I met Sharim, 496 00:25:31,792 --> 00:25:35,625 Naason had been working with him, and... 497 00:25:35,709 --> 00:25:38,041 had projects with the church 498 00:25:38,125 --> 00:25:39,542 on a cultural level. 499 00:25:40,459 --> 00:25:42,709 Sharim worked in Tijuana. 500 00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:49,542 What I liked about him It was his character... 501 00:25:50,584 --> 00:25:53,416 of a big boy. (LAUGHTER) 502 00:25:53,500 --> 00:25:55,291 A big boy. (LAUGHS) 503 00:25:55,375 --> 00:25:57,417 A child of six feet tall, 504 00:25:58,042 --> 00:25:59,209 with... 505 00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,083 unique innocence. (LAUGHS) 506 00:26:04,876 --> 00:26:06,625 SHARIM GUZMAN: I was raised and born 507 00:26:06,709 --> 00:26:09,125 in the La Luz del Mundo institution. 508 00:26:09,209 --> 00:26:10,875 And my grandmother was the first member... 509 00:26:10,959 --> 00:26:11,834 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 510 00:26:11,918 --> 00:26:15,667 ...of that church in... in Ensenada. 511 00:26:15,751 --> 00:26:19,333 I had to collaborate in Luz del Mundo 512 00:26:19,417 --> 00:26:21,416 in the area of social communication, 513 00:26:21,500 --> 00:26:23,958 but, mainly, with Naasón Joaquín 514 00:26:24,042 --> 00:26:26,667 directly on the topic of politics. 515 00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:30,166 My direct relationship with Naasón was... 516 00:26:30,250 --> 00:26:32,667 precisely the day that... that I met Sochil. 517 00:26:33,500 --> 00:26:35,500 That's when I meet her, because she goes 518 00:26:35,584 --> 00:26:36,834 with the Berean group 519 00:26:36,918 --> 00:26:40,792 to record, and she was the producer that was there and everything. 520 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:44,041 So, well, there I asked talk to Naasón, 521 00:26:44,125 --> 00:26:46,125 but I couldn't stop seeing Sochil. (LAUGHS) 522 00:26:48,334 --> 00:26:50,250 And, well, things happened. 523 00:26:51,417 --> 00:26:54,500 Then time passed, and Sochil wrote to me. 524 00:26:54,584 --> 00:26:57,625 And that was when we started to talk, to talk. 525 00:26:57,709 --> 00:26:59,958 Then we saw each other in Guadalajara, 526 00:27:00,042 --> 00:27:01,792 in a Holy Supper. 527 00:27:01,876 --> 00:27:05,208 And there we went out to eat, and we continue talking, and... 528 00:27:05,292 --> 00:27:08,375 well, in the church, the courtship is very short 529 00:27:08,459 --> 00:27:11,417 and getting married less. Faster, I say. (LAUGHS) 530 00:27:13,375 --> 00:27:15,834 And one day... 531 00:27:15,918 --> 00:27:20,875 Sochil tells me that his aunt Ruth would like to meet me. 532 00:27:20,959 --> 00:27:25,875 I'm going to Los Angeles. they do a meal, we get to know each other. 533 00:27:25,959 --> 00:27:30,167 Flowers and everything, you have to stay Well, you brought your... presents. 534 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,500 And... dinner ends. 535 00:27:33,584 --> 00:27:35,166 Well, so as not to make you the very long story, 536 00:27:35,250 --> 00:27:36,416 I arrived being single 537 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:38,834 and we left practically she and I married. 538 00:27:43,751 --> 00:27:45,750 In other cases, they get married 539 00:27:45,834 --> 00:27:47,750 with forced marriages, 540 00:27:47,834 --> 00:27:51,542 but that is the most romantic story 541 00:27:51,626 --> 00:27:55,708 that can exist in a person who lives in The Light of the World. 542 00:27:55,792 --> 00:27:58,250 We were married to all the blessings, 543 00:27:58,334 --> 00:27:59,999 where they told us that... 544 00:28:00,083 --> 00:28:02,708 Samuel Joaquín had sent word 545 00:28:02,792 --> 00:28:05,083 which was a wedding of obedience, 546 00:28:05,167 --> 00:28:06,542 a wedding of honor. 547 00:28:06,626 --> 00:28:10,166 THE HOUSE OF GOD AND GATE TO HEAVEN 548 00:28:10,250 --> 00:28:12,500 SHARIM: But there is something very strange. 549 00:28:13,959 --> 00:28:16,458 SOCHIL: There were many members in East Los Angeles 550 00:28:16,542 --> 00:28:18,208 that they knew there was something wrong. 551 00:28:18,292 --> 00:28:20,083 There was an error. 552 00:28:23,042 --> 00:28:26,125 Naasón had me in his office for two or three hours. 553 00:28:26,209 --> 00:28:30,708 And some people They sent letters to the apostle. 554 00:28:30,792 --> 00:28:35,208 But Naason I think he arrived to feel owner of me 555 00:28:35,292 --> 00:28:36,834 to some extent. 556 00:28:37,876 --> 00:28:39,792 Samuel told Nahshon many things, 557 00:28:39,876 --> 00:28:42,375 many times, that he would leave me alone. 558 00:28:43,876 --> 00:28:47,416 Samuel gave his blessing so that I could marry Sharim 559 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:50,208 and he made sure that the wedding took place, 560 00:28:50,292 --> 00:28:54,083 to take care of, of course, Naasón's reputation. 561 00:29:03,167 --> 00:29:05,792 The first year I was married to Sharim 562 00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:08,042 it was very difficult. 563 00:29:09,292 --> 00:29:11,583 I guess in my head 564 00:29:11,667 --> 00:29:14,333 I thought I was free to a certain extent, 565 00:29:14,417 --> 00:29:17,500 and that maybe I could live my life now. 566 00:29:19,250 --> 00:29:21,000 But I was very wrong. 567 00:29:23,459 --> 00:29:26,459 By then, I already had my daughter, 568 00:29:27,959 --> 00:29:31,250 and I saw myself reflected in her. 569 00:29:31,334 --> 00:29:35,583 I had a lot of trauma, and that included... 570 00:29:35,667 --> 00:29:38,375 we had a lot of problems 571 00:29:38,459 --> 00:29:39,792 as a marriage, 572 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:42,083 sexually, 573 00:29:42,167 --> 00:29:43,291 emotionally. 574 00:29:43,375 --> 00:29:46,416 I was very angry 575 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:50,584 and that first year was very, very difficult, 576 00:29:51,542 --> 00:29:53,625 because the abuse didn't stop. 577 00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:55,125 (INDISTINCT VOICES) 578 00:29:55,209 --> 00:29:56,958 And I felt like I was betraying Sharim 579 00:29:57,042 --> 00:29:58,041 because I wasn't aware. 580 00:29:58,125 --> 00:30:01,417 The promises that He has given them, and how... 581 00:30:02,083 --> 00:30:03,250 SOCHIL:Over time, 582 00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:06,334 the abuse began to be more aggressive. 583 00:30:07,167 --> 00:30:09,375 He started talking about... 584 00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:11,625 those places of torture. 585 00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:13,626 SandM, I think it's called. 586 00:30:14,959 --> 00:30:17,918 He took me to a SandM place. 587 00:30:18,375 --> 00:30:19,834 And... 588 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:22,667 He showed it to me and chose a room, 589 00:30:22,751 --> 00:30:24,375 although I didn't want to. 590 00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:26,209 And... 591 00:30:26,667 --> 00:30:27,876 It was, in fact... 592 00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:31,083 the least scary. 593 00:30:31,167 --> 00:30:34,166 It was one that simulated a dentist's office, 594 00:30:34,250 --> 00:30:36,708 because it had no artifacts. 595 00:30:36,792 --> 00:30:38,584 Nor things. 596 00:30:39,542 --> 00:30:40,584 And... 597 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:46,751 their... 598 00:30:48,751 --> 00:30:51,000 his traps or his... 599 00:30:51,584 --> 00:30:53,166 imagination... 600 00:30:53,250 --> 00:30:54,792 (INHALE) 601 00:30:54,876 --> 00:30:56,584 ...they came to terrify me. 602 00:31:00,375 --> 00:31:03,458 We have to suffer and every suffering 603 00:31:03,542 --> 00:31:04,875 It is a laurel, brothers, 604 00:31:04,959 --> 00:31:07,083 that the Lord is keeping us 605 00:31:07,167 --> 00:31:09,667 for that crown that He has for us. 606 00:31:09,751 --> 00:31:12,918 ♪ (SUSPENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 607 00:31:17,834 --> 00:31:19,999 REPORTER: Hello, how are you? Very good afternoon. 608 00:31:20,083 --> 00:31:21,667 I find myself fair outside the temple 609 00:31:21,751 --> 00:31:24,125 and official headquarters from the La Luz del Mundo church, 610 00:31:24,209 --> 00:31:25,875 where thousands congregate, 611 00:31:25,959 --> 00:31:28,166 this before the sensitive death 612 00:31:28,250 --> 00:31:30,958 of its leader, Samuel Joaquín. 613 00:31:31,042 --> 00:31:35,584 SOCHIL: The father of Naasón, Samuel, died in 2014. 614 00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:41,750 REPORTER 3: Samuel Joaquín Flores, 615 00:31:41,834 --> 00:31:44,250 world leader of the church from The Light of the World, 616 00:31:44,334 --> 00:31:46,583 died at the age of 77, 617 00:31:46,667 --> 00:31:49,125 in his house located in the Beautiful Province. 618 00:31:49,209 --> 00:31:52,208 - ♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ - (CHEERING) 619 00:31:52,292 --> 00:31:56,083 - (INDISTINCT VOICES) - ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ 620 00:31:57,667 --> 00:32:02,125 What I heard was Naasón with the bishops 621 00:32:02,209 --> 00:32:05,083 saying that the servant of God, that brother Samuel 622 00:32:05,167 --> 00:32:08,083 I was already resting in the arms of the Lord. 623 00:32:09,125 --> 00:32:10,334 When... 624 00:32:10,918 --> 00:32:12,958 The apostle Samuel died... 625 00:32:13,042 --> 00:32:14,166 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 626 00:32:14,250 --> 00:32:18,708 ...I thought it was going to be a decisive moment. 627 00:32:18,792 --> 00:32:20,375 It would be a moment where... 628 00:32:21,083 --> 00:32:23,667 the truth would be revealed, 629 00:32:23,751 --> 00:32:27,792 because that would depend on Who would be the next apostle. 630 00:32:27,876 --> 00:32:29,416 ♪ (CHOIR SINGING) ♪ 631 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:34,250 ANNA: They told us that we had than being a 24/7 congregation 632 00:32:34,334 --> 00:32:36,708 to see if maybe God 633 00:32:36,792 --> 00:32:39,125 manifest a new apostle. 634 00:32:39,209 --> 00:32:41,708 ♪ (CHOIR SINGING) ♪ 635 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:43,708 ANNA:We heard rumors 636 00:32:43,792 --> 00:32:45,542 whose would be the next apostle. 637 00:32:45,626 --> 00:32:48,834 It seemed as if everyone was murmuring 638 00:32:48,918 --> 00:32:50,125 which perhaps would be Naasón. 639 00:32:50,209 --> 00:32:53,625 And I said, "Mm, I know your adventures with other women. 640 00:32:53,709 --> 00:32:56,876 So, there must be someone holier 641 00:32:57,334 --> 00:32:58,583 than Naason." 642 00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:00,542 HIJO MAYOR DE SAMUEL 643 00:33:00,626 --> 00:33:03,375 SOCHIL: El hijo mayor of Samuel, Benjamin, 644 00:33:03,459 --> 00:33:05,876 had a very bad reputation at that point. 645 00:33:06,876 --> 00:33:08,416 Benjamín was working 646 00:33:08,500 --> 00:33:10,999 with another great pastor in a church. 647 00:33:11,083 --> 00:33:13,958 And that was a betrayal for his father. 648 00:33:14,042 --> 00:33:14,999 (APPLAUSE) 649 00:33:15,083 --> 00:33:17,166 SOCHIL: And Naasón was the one who told me 650 00:33:17,250 --> 00:33:18,708 that he would be the next apostle. 651 00:33:18,792 --> 00:33:19,834 SON OF SAMUEL 652 00:33:19,918 --> 00:33:21,500 SOCHIL:And what I thought was 653 00:33:21,584 --> 00:33:22,958 that that should be heavenly 654 00:33:23,042 --> 00:33:24,667 like no one imagines. 655 00:33:25,459 --> 00:33:27,709 It is a call from God. 656 00:33:29,834 --> 00:33:33,250 ANNA: And the day of the big announcement arrived. 657 00:33:33,334 --> 00:33:38,916 I had a dream, and I saw to the apostle of Jesus Christ... 658 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,542 GILBERTO GARCÍA GRANADOS BISHOP OF LLDM 659 00:33:40,626 --> 00:33:43,500 ...our brother, Samuel Joaquín Flores. 660 00:33:44,459 --> 00:33:46,500 When I saw it, 661 00:33:46,584 --> 00:33:49,626 I heard a voice that told me: 662 00:33:51,292 --> 00:33:52,291 "Naason... 663 00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:53,542 (CHEERING) 664 00:33:53,626 --> 00:33:56,375 - GILBERTO: ...he is my chosen one." - (EXCLAIM) 665 00:33:58,459 --> 00:34:03,542 SOCHIL: When it was announced to Naasón as the next apostle, 666 00:34:03,626 --> 00:34:06,916 at that moment, of course, while everyone was praying 667 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,166 and receiving the Holy Spirit, 668 00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:10,918 I was so confused. 669 00:34:11,542 --> 00:34:12,918 So I prayed 670 00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:15,875 and I got up and remember 671 00:34:15,959 --> 00:34:18,125 who did not have a single tear, 672 00:34:18,209 --> 00:34:21,291 and I felt that I was betraying the election. 673 00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:23,250 I felt like I was betraying Samuel. 674 00:34:23,334 --> 00:34:24,291 to some extent. 675 00:34:24,375 --> 00:34:28,166 - (CHEERING) - Samuel Joaquín's house 676 00:34:28,250 --> 00:34:30,292 It's safe! 677 00:34:31,334 --> 00:34:33,750 (INDISTINCT VOICES) 678 00:34:33,834 --> 00:34:36,750 SOCHIL: And I asked myself: "Why so much show?" 679 00:34:36,834 --> 00:34:39,750 if he already knew the result?". 680 00:34:39,834 --> 00:34:42,125 And why did they have us as... 681 00:34:42,209 --> 00:34:45,333 like dead of hunger and crying for days 682 00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:47,250 and days and days and days? 683 00:34:47,334 --> 00:34:48,542 It was a fraud. 684 00:34:49,542 --> 00:34:53,083 Believe in your apostles and you will be safe! 685 00:34:53,167 --> 00:34:54,292 (CHEERING) 686 00:34:57,584 --> 00:34:59,667 SOCHIL:They already had a lot of power. 687 00:35:02,209 --> 00:35:03,792 But they wanted more. 688 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,584 They wanted to have cities from The Light of the World. 689 00:35:11,918 --> 00:35:15,125 And that was his next step here in the United States. 690 00:35:15,959 --> 00:35:19,625 FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA 691 00:35:19,709 --> 00:35:22,125 ♪ (NEWS MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 692 00:35:22,209 --> 00:35:24,208 BELEM MENA: The apostle of Jesus Christ, 693 00:35:24,292 --> 00:35:25,667 Naasón Joaquín García, 694 00:35:25,751 --> 00:35:28,958 took a tour of the property that was acquired 695 00:35:29,042 --> 00:35:31,375 for it to begin to the building of the city 696 00:35:31,459 --> 00:35:34,000 The Light of the World in Atlanta, Georgia. 697 00:35:35,209 --> 00:35:36,875 REPORTER 4: Church leaders 698 00:35:36,959 --> 00:35:38,083 they want to build 699 00:35:38,167 --> 00:35:40,792 on almost 300 acres of land in Hall County, 700 00:35:40,876 --> 00:35:42,333 homes, shops, 701 00:35:42,417 --> 00:35:44,708 offices, a hotel, and a worship center. 702 00:35:44,792 --> 00:35:46,542 REPORTER: With plans to clear the land 703 00:35:46,626 --> 00:35:49,875 and build a community fundamentalist religious... 704 00:35:49,959 --> 00:35:52,333 the people who live here in the area 705 00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:55,083 is coming together to challenge the project. 706 00:36:03,375 --> 00:36:06,291 KATE: I moved to Flowery Branch about 26 years ago. 707 00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:07,458 FLOWERY BRANCH RESIDENT 708 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:10,250 Flowery Branch, Georgia It is a small city. 709 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:12,834 A community atmosphere. 710 00:36:14,584 --> 00:36:16,542 (STREET ENVIRONMENT) 711 00:36:17,792 --> 00:36:20,876 KATE: When I moved, There was only one stop sign. 712 00:36:21,626 --> 00:36:22,958 And it has grown a lot, 713 00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:26,416 but that feeling of community remains 714 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:29,792 an important part of the area and the people. 715 00:36:31,959 --> 00:36:36,292 I think that being anonymous allows people to be freer. 716 00:36:36,876 --> 00:36:38,042 Because of fear. 717 00:36:39,417 --> 00:36:41,625 I have incredible respect for God, 718 00:36:41,709 --> 00:36:42,708 and I trust in Him, 719 00:36:42,792 --> 00:36:45,125 but I'm also afraid. 720 00:36:45,209 --> 00:36:47,542 I was sexually abused as a child. 721 00:36:47,626 --> 00:36:51,041 And I never dealt with my sexual abuse 722 00:36:51,125 --> 00:36:52,459 until I was an adult. 723 00:36:53,542 --> 00:36:55,209 And it took me a long time. 724 00:36:58,542 --> 00:37:01,291 The first time I heard about from The Light of the World 725 00:37:01,375 --> 00:37:03,125 it was in 2018. 726 00:37:03,209 --> 00:37:07,291 On nextdoor.com always has news parts, 727 00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:09,625 and someone had commented 728 00:37:09,709 --> 00:37:11,291 that it was a sect 729 00:37:11,375 --> 00:37:15,083 and... well, I am curious from birth, 730 00:37:15,167 --> 00:37:18,375 and then I wanted to corroborate it. 731 00:37:18,459 --> 00:37:22,125 BRIAN ROSS: The plans include a church, luxury hotels, 732 00:37:22,209 --> 00:37:24,083 even a shopping center. 733 00:37:24,167 --> 00:37:26,291 KATE: The first reaction to the plan 734 00:37:26,375 --> 00:37:29,042 it was that we couldn't handle this. 735 00:37:30,417 --> 00:37:32,083 I am referring to the infrastructure, 736 00:37:32,167 --> 00:37:35,500 it's a small city, the water system, 737 00:37:35,584 --> 00:37:40,459 the traffic, and the reaction of the majority was not to accept it. 738 00:37:43,751 --> 00:37:45,792 And then I found Reddit, 739 00:37:45,876 --> 00:37:49,500 and I contacted the creator. 740 00:37:49,584 --> 00:37:54,167 She and I started talking with others who came, 741 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:57,291 and it was very small. 742 00:37:57,375 --> 00:37:59,625 People shared their stories 743 00:37:59,709 --> 00:38:03,250 which they had never confided to anyone. 744 00:38:03,334 --> 00:38:07,459 And listen to their stories contributed to my healing. 745 00:38:10,125 --> 00:38:13,625 I wrote to the moderators 746 00:38:13,709 --> 00:38:16,875 about my experience in church... 747 00:38:16,959 --> 00:38:18,083 (KEY SOUND) 748 00:38:18,167 --> 00:38:19,375 I WAS SO SCARED... 749 00:38:19,459 --> 00:38:21,875 ALETHEA: ...and they communicated with me immediately. 750 00:38:21,959 --> 00:38:23,875 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD HAVE DONE SIMILAR THINGS. 751 00:38:23,959 --> 00:38:25,667 They were very interested in my story. 752 00:38:25,751 --> 00:38:28,792 And I said, "Why? Why is it so important? 753 00:38:30,292 --> 00:38:32,625 What's so special about me?" 754 00:38:32,709 --> 00:38:33,999 NARRATOR: I was so confused, 755 00:38:34,083 --> 00:38:35,166 I simply stopped believing. 756 00:38:35,250 --> 00:38:37,918 ANNA: At first, We were all anonymous... 757 00:38:39,459 --> 00:38:41,041 and one thing led to another, 758 00:38:41,125 --> 00:38:42,999 and I connected with people. 759 00:38:43,083 --> 00:38:46,250 And from there everything unfolded. 760 00:38:46,334 --> 00:38:48,834 They gave me a platform to share experiences 761 00:38:48,918 --> 00:38:52,333 with other people who had had the same experiences 762 00:38:52,417 --> 00:38:55,041 that I and that helped me to know 763 00:38:55,125 --> 00:38:57,083 that now I can explain it to myself 764 00:38:57,167 --> 00:39:00,292 because I needed to explain it to myself first, 765 00:39:01,626 --> 00:39:03,792 forgive me before... 766 00:39:03,876 --> 00:39:06,918 (SOBBING) ...for something that it wasn't my fault. 767 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,583 KATE:As he grew up, 768 00:39:12,667 --> 00:39:14,708 and the snowball started to roll 769 00:39:14,792 --> 00:39:16,750 and to get bigger, 770 00:39:16,834 --> 00:39:20,625 everyone worked towards the same goal: 771 00:39:20,709 --> 00:39:24,208 Expose this bestiality... 772 00:39:24,292 --> 00:39:26,584 so that people could free themselves. 773 00:39:31,876 --> 00:39:33,792 SOCHIL: When Naasón He became an apostle, 774 00:39:33,876 --> 00:39:35,876 Sharim and I lived in Ensenada. 775 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:42,958 And one day he sent me a message, 776 00:39:43,042 --> 00:39:46,792 asking me to meet in the office in Guadalajara. 777 00:39:49,542 --> 00:39:51,500 And he said he had a surprise for me. 778 00:39:53,125 --> 00:39:55,166 Normally the surprise was... 779 00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:58,083 that something horrible was going to happen. 780 00:39:58,167 --> 00:40:01,041 And I understood it, so I was ready for that. 781 00:40:01,125 --> 00:40:04,834 And I was going to have to say Yes to whatever comes. 782 00:40:04,918 --> 00:40:06,542 I couldn't say no. 783 00:40:07,834 --> 00:40:09,583 Because it would be not to love him, 784 00:40:09,667 --> 00:40:11,626 that my faith was not there. 785 00:40:12,834 --> 00:40:14,583 And if it made him angry, 786 00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:16,875 is when he would physically hurt me 787 00:40:16,959 --> 00:40:19,209 or he would block me in different ways. 788 00:40:22,876 --> 00:40:24,583 He told me: "Wait downstairs. 789 00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:26,876 And I'm going to introduce you to someone." 790 00:40:28,334 --> 00:40:29,709 So I went. 791 00:40:30,667 --> 00:40:32,459 This boy and his mother 792 00:40:33,042 --> 00:40:34,500 They went to the office. 793 00:40:34,584 --> 00:40:35,834 And she said, "Hello, beautiful." 794 00:40:35,918 --> 00:40:38,500 Because she knew me since I was a girl. 795 00:40:40,459 --> 00:40:42,625 I said, "Hello," 796 00:40:42,709 --> 00:40:44,792 to his little one, and the last time I saw him 797 00:40:44,876 --> 00:40:48,250 I was maybe three, or four years old. 798 00:40:48,334 --> 00:40:50,667 And there he had just turned fourteen. 799 00:40:54,375 --> 00:40:56,584 And then I waited downstairs. 800 00:40:58,250 --> 00:41:01,167 Then Azalea comes down and calls me. 801 00:41:02,292 --> 00:41:04,375 So I went up. 802 00:41:04,459 --> 00:41:07,000 And he was already giving an explanation. 803 00:41:08,792 --> 00:41:10,792 A biblical explanation 804 00:41:10,876 --> 00:41:13,959 of King David and Bathsheba. 805 00:41:15,125 --> 00:41:17,542 Oh, and then he was more direct and said: 806 00:41:17,626 --> 00:41:20,708 "I am forming my trusted community. 807 00:41:20,792 --> 00:41:23,584 My father had his. And now I'll do mine. 808 00:41:25,959 --> 00:41:29,709 And you have to prove your loyalty to me." 809 00:41:30,250 --> 00:41:31,542 And... 810 00:41:31,626 --> 00:41:33,542 at that moment, 811 00:41:33,626 --> 00:41:37,166 I still didn't understand what I wanted. 812 00:41:37,250 --> 00:41:40,459 And then he said to me: "Do you want Let me explain it to you again?" 813 00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:44,167 "Don't you want to show me?" 814 00:41:45,417 --> 00:41:47,375 And... I understood. 815 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,375 And then... 816 00:41:50,667 --> 00:41:54,167 (NERVOUS VOICE) I approach that boy... 817 00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:55,958 and... 818 00:41:56,042 --> 00:41:58,083 He turned to see his mother. 819 00:41:59,042 --> 00:42:01,459 She was smiling all the time. 820 00:42:02,334 --> 00:42:03,834 So I look at Naason, 821 00:42:03,918 --> 00:42:06,792 and Naasón was caressing himself. 822 00:42:07,417 --> 00:42:10,167 The... the boy was... 823 00:42:10,792 --> 00:42:12,083 trembling 824 00:42:13,125 --> 00:42:16,876 And... he said, "Kiss him. Now." 825 00:42:17,959 --> 00:42:19,041 And when... 826 00:42:19,125 --> 00:42:21,918 I leaned down to kiss the boy, 827 00:42:22,792 --> 00:42:24,500 It was very cold. 828 00:42:24,584 --> 00:42:26,125 His lips were cold, 829 00:42:26,209 --> 00:42:28,958 and you could feel his cheeks too. 830 00:42:29,042 --> 00:42:33,333 And... it trembled, and it continued, and it went on, and it went on. 831 00:42:33,417 --> 00:42:37,542 And... I turned to see his mother and I said, "I won't do it." 832 00:42:39,876 --> 00:42:41,792 Then I went out to the street. 833 00:42:44,083 --> 00:42:47,292 I started crying and I remember I vomited. 834 00:42:51,125 --> 00:42:54,500 Later I found out that that little one 835 00:42:55,292 --> 00:42:56,709 had been attacked 836 00:42:57,209 --> 00:42:59,250 by Naasón. 837 00:42:59,334 --> 00:43:02,583 Naasón forced the boy's mother 838 00:43:02,667 --> 00:43:06,667 to have... sexual relations with him... 839 00:43:07,792 --> 00:43:08,876 and... 840 00:43:15,209 --> 00:43:18,834 played a fucking disgusting game 841 00:43:19,459 --> 00:43:21,916 with the child's mother. 842 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,459 (STREET ENVIRONMENT) 843 00:43:27,334 --> 00:43:29,792 SOCHIL: At that point, It was so difficult for me 844 00:43:29,876 --> 00:43:32,958 look Sharim in the eyes, 845 00:43:33,042 --> 00:43:36,333 because I felt it was a very bad wife, 846 00:43:36,417 --> 00:43:38,250 and also that... 847 00:43:38,334 --> 00:43:39,959 I didn't deserve it. 848 00:43:44,667 --> 00:43:48,792 I no longer felt human for nothing. (SOBBING) 849 00:43:53,667 --> 00:43:55,667 I didn't feel like a person. 850 00:43:57,792 --> 00:43:59,125 (EXHALE) 851 00:44:05,459 --> 00:44:08,167 SOCHIL: It's like they took your mind away. 852 00:44:09,417 --> 00:44:12,876 As if they took you away the feelings. (SOBBING) 853 00:44:14,167 --> 00:44:16,542 I still remember that I just wanted... 854 00:44:19,042 --> 00:44:20,292 stop... 855 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:23,542 all this feeling for a while. 856 00:44:24,292 --> 00:44:25,875 And... 857 00:44:25,959 --> 00:44:30,583 My aunt had given me a lot of medication. 858 00:44:30,667 --> 00:44:33,918 (INHALE) It was simple and lonely for me... 859 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:42,083 take some or many. 860 00:44:44,250 --> 00:44:45,459 And I... 861 00:44:47,125 --> 00:44:51,750 I just wanted... I just wanted to get away from everything. 862 00:44:51,834 --> 00:44:56,542 And... (SOBBING) ...I felt like the worst woman in the world. 863 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,042 And... 864 00:45:03,417 --> 00:45:04,459 (CRY) 865 00:45:07,250 --> 00:45:08,999 SOCHIL:I just wanted... 866 00:45:09,083 --> 00:45:11,417 (INHALE) ...peace for a moment. 867 00:45:14,209 --> 00:45:16,375 SHARIM: When I arrive, I look Sochil lying on the floor, 868 00:45:16,459 --> 00:45:17,834 unconscious. 869 00:45:18,334 --> 00:45:20,250 And I don't know what to do. 870 00:45:24,709 --> 00:45:27,584 Sochil had been poisoned by pills. 871 00:45:29,292 --> 00:45:33,918 It continued badly, and I didn't understand I what was happening. 872 00:45:35,667 --> 00:45:37,375 I want to talk to her, and she told me: 873 00:45:37,459 --> 00:45:41,250 "No, I just can't tell you about it." 874 00:45:41,334 --> 00:45:43,458 She was a woman who always I was on the lookout 875 00:45:43,542 --> 00:45:46,750 as a mother and as a wife. Always. 876 00:45:46,834 --> 00:45:48,751 He was always looking after us. 877 00:45:50,667 --> 00:45:52,834 I looked at her very depressed, 878 00:45:52,918 --> 00:45:54,500 like a zombie. 879 00:45:56,334 --> 00:45:57,416 And I looked at her... 880 00:45:57,500 --> 00:46:00,333 strange, but I was also in my world, 881 00:46:00,417 --> 00:46:02,958 because I was working in a campaign 882 00:46:03,042 --> 00:46:05,459 because it was for the servant of God. 883 00:46:07,751 --> 00:46:09,792 Then one day I wake up, 884 00:46:09,876 --> 00:46:11,667 on a Sunday morning 885 00:46:11,751 --> 00:46:13,500 and... 886 00:46:13,584 --> 00:46:17,542 I disconnect the phone from Sochil to connect mine, 887 00:46:17,626 --> 00:46:20,500 and what I see is that it said something as well as "I send you a kiss", 888 00:46:20,584 --> 00:46:21,958 or something like that, and I said: 889 00:46:22,042 --> 00:46:24,334 "Who is sending a kiss to Sochil?" 890 00:46:25,083 --> 00:46:26,208 And... 891 00:46:26,292 --> 00:46:29,291 Well, they say that curiosity he killed the cat, then... 892 00:46:29,375 --> 00:46:33,334 - (BIRDS SINGING) - SHARIM: ...I see that message, 893 00:46:34,334 --> 00:46:37,125 and then, I open WhatsApp, 894 00:46:37,709 --> 00:46:39,834 and I start to see 895 00:46:39,918 --> 00:46:43,500 the conversations that she and Naasón Joaquín have. 896 00:46:43,584 --> 00:46:46,709 NARRATOR: Take a photo with her without a bra. 897 00:46:48,209 --> 00:46:50,584 SHARIM: Where Naasón Joaquín asked him... 898 00:46:51,167 --> 00:46:52,708 specifically 899 00:46:52,792 --> 00:46:56,209 photos of her with a girl. 900 00:46:57,250 --> 00:47:00,667 And I am left like this: "The servant of God?". 901 00:47:00,751 --> 00:47:02,999 I compare it with my number that I have from Naasón, 902 00:47:03,083 --> 00:47:05,667 the one I was talking to on the phone and texted me. 903 00:47:05,751 --> 00:47:07,999 It was the same with whom I spoke with him. 904 00:47:08,083 --> 00:47:10,291 NARRATOR: Good night, love. 905 00:47:10,375 --> 00:47:12,167 SHARIM:It was something very difficult... 906 00:47:15,250 --> 00:47:17,792 understand what was happening. 907 00:47:22,083 --> 00:47:26,417 I bought a box of cigarettes and left. 908 00:47:30,667 --> 00:47:34,166 SOCHIL: I didn't know what was happening. 909 00:47:34,250 --> 00:47:36,875 He did not respond, and I was thinking: "What did I do?" 910 00:47:36,959 --> 00:47:38,542 And now what happened?". 911 00:47:38,626 --> 00:47:41,125 Night fell and I didn't know about Sharim. 912 00:47:41,876 --> 00:47:44,042 I didn't hear from him for hours. 913 00:47:49,334 --> 00:47:52,626 And then I analyzed it... 914 00:47:53,626 --> 00:47:55,918 and I thought the worst of myself, and I believed that... 915 00:47:57,292 --> 00:47:59,292 that she was unfortunate and also... 916 00:48:00,042 --> 00:48:01,542 a monster, 917 00:48:01,626 --> 00:48:02,792 Not to mention... 918 00:48:02,876 --> 00:48:05,750 She wasn't the woman he deserved. 919 00:48:05,834 --> 00:48:07,999 (THUNDER RUMBS) 920 00:48:08,083 --> 00:48:10,834 SHARIM: I arrived home, and well, it was obvious that Sochil 921 00:48:10,918 --> 00:48:12,125 he was going to tell me: 922 00:48:12,209 --> 00:48:14,166 "Hey, where were you?" 923 00:48:14,250 --> 00:48:17,125 And the only answer I told him was: 924 00:48:17,209 --> 00:48:19,000 "Ask your boss." 925 00:48:20,334 --> 00:48:22,083 SOCHIL:When he said that, 926 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:24,834 I felt that my world 927 00:48:24,918 --> 00:48:27,125 It had... come undone. 928 00:48:27,209 --> 00:48:29,375 Because he had already found out. 929 00:48:30,167 --> 00:48:33,041 I went to the toilet, cried and vomited. 930 00:48:33,125 --> 00:48:34,250 I thought that now 931 00:48:34,334 --> 00:48:36,500 My husband was going to hell. 932 00:48:36,584 --> 00:48:39,667 Since I was saying things bad things on the servant of God. 933 00:48:41,751 --> 00:48:43,875 I had to convince Sharim 934 00:48:43,959 --> 00:48:45,875 of what he saw 935 00:48:45,959 --> 00:48:47,999 it wasn't really what he thought he saw. 936 00:48:48,083 --> 00:48:50,208 And then he looked at me and said: 937 00:48:50,292 --> 00:48:51,959 "Sochil, I don't hate you. 938 00:48:52,584 --> 00:48:54,417 But don't make me do it. 939 00:48:55,083 --> 00:48:57,083 "Just tell me what's wrong." 940 00:48:58,709 --> 00:49:01,209 SHARIM: We talk about... everything. 941 00:49:02,292 --> 00:49:04,667 And that was when, well, I was able to support her 942 00:49:04,751 --> 00:49:06,625 in a little bit open your mind. 943 00:49:06,709 --> 00:49:08,958 In what was happening. 944 00:49:09,042 --> 00:49:11,708 That was when I understood 945 00:49:11,792 --> 00:49:15,291 that it had been abuse. 946 00:49:15,375 --> 00:49:17,708 And the more I talked to him about this... 947 00:49:17,792 --> 00:49:18,875 (SOBBING) 948 00:49:18,959 --> 00:49:24,000 ...looked into his eyes and his face, he didn't believe... 949 00:49:24,792 --> 00:49:27,041 that it was real, and I understood it 950 00:49:27,125 --> 00:49:28,792 and he said: 951 00:49:28,876 --> 00:49:31,999 "This is not right, Sochil. This is an abuse. 952 00:49:32,083 --> 00:49:33,792 You've been abused your whole life. 953 00:49:33,876 --> 00:49:35,626 This is wrong." (INHALE) 954 00:49:37,375 --> 00:49:38,584 It's not... 955 00:49:39,292 --> 00:49:40,792 "This is not a church." 956 00:49:41,918 --> 00:49:43,792 "These people don't care about you." 957 00:49:45,167 --> 00:49:46,958 And that day I realized that... 958 00:49:47,042 --> 00:49:48,667 already... 959 00:49:49,292 --> 00:49:51,583 I had to get away. 960 00:49:51,667 --> 00:49:57,458 (BIRDS CHIRING) 961 00:49:57,542 --> 00:49:59,792 ♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 962 00:49:59,876 --> 00:50:01,167 FORMER LLDM MEMBER 963 00:50:03,334 --> 00:50:05,291 JEMIMA:At 32 years old 964 00:50:05,375 --> 00:50:06,916 That's when I finally made the decision. 965 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:08,916 What was I going to talk to my mother about? 966 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:13,291 and confirm that I no longer wanted be part of this... 967 00:50:13,375 --> 00:50:14,584 of this sect. 968 00:50:17,667 --> 00:50:21,416 I no longer believed in Naasón so... 969 00:50:21,500 --> 00:50:24,250 had happened in the past with me 970 00:50:24,334 --> 00:50:27,583 and for many things that I had seen in the church. 971 00:50:27,667 --> 00:50:30,250 And I told my dad that I no longer believed in him, 972 00:50:30,334 --> 00:50:32,751 and that he didn't want to be in church. 973 00:50:33,334 --> 00:50:34,458 JEMIMA:My mother... 974 00:50:34,542 --> 00:50:36,125 He doesn't talk to me anymore. 975 00:50:36,209 --> 00:50:40,000 I have approached her many... many times. 976 00:50:46,584 --> 00:50:48,958 (BREATHES NERVOUSLY) 977 00:50:49,042 --> 00:50:51,392 JEMIMA: I told her that she I was also a victim 978 00:50:52,042 --> 00:50:53,625 and that I could help her. 979 00:50:53,709 --> 00:50:55,750 And she immediately closed herself, 980 00:50:55,834 --> 00:50:58,208 and he said that I was not his daughter. 981 00:50:58,292 --> 00:51:02,041 I know my mother is scared, but I don't know what to do. 982 00:51:02,125 --> 00:51:03,750 Everyone tells me: "Let her go." 983 00:51:03,834 --> 00:51:08,125 But it's my mother and I... (SOBBING) We were so close. 984 00:51:09,751 --> 00:51:11,792 I lost all communication with her. 985 00:51:11,876 --> 00:51:13,042 His love. 986 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:15,750 And I'm no longer part of them 987 00:51:15,834 --> 00:51:17,542 because I decided to speak. 988 00:51:18,667 --> 00:51:20,667 She says she wanted me there. 989 00:51:20,751 --> 00:51:23,333 They are manipulating her. It's not your fault. 990 00:51:23,417 --> 00:51:24,542 (SOBBING) 991 00:51:24,626 --> 00:51:26,500 NARRATOR: A year ago that my family doesn't talk to me. 992 00:51:26,584 --> 00:51:28,333 I write this because I need to vent. 993 00:51:28,417 --> 00:51:30,083 HECTOR:My ex-wife, 994 00:51:30,167 --> 00:51:33,083 She is still active in the church, 995 00:51:34,250 --> 00:51:36,208 with my daughter, Anita, the fourth, 996 00:51:36,292 --> 00:51:39,000 which is still inside the church. 997 00:51:42,083 --> 00:51:45,459 It's sad to have family that are cut. 998 00:51:46,792 --> 00:51:48,625 He says: "We must cut them, you have to remove them. 999 00:51:48,709 --> 00:51:50,625 If you have leprosy, cut off your hand. 1000 00:51:50,709 --> 00:51:52,458 If you have cancer, or something, 1001 00:51:52,542 --> 00:51:55,250 you have to remove it so that it does not contaminate us." 1002 00:51:55,876 --> 00:51:57,959 I don't know if she will react. 1003 00:52:00,209 --> 00:52:01,918 That's the hardest part. 1004 00:52:04,042 --> 00:52:06,584 When I told that to my dad, 1005 00:52:09,417 --> 00:52:12,583 I remember that... he told me that... 1006 00:52:12,667 --> 00:52:15,708 that for... I was already dead for him. 1007 00:52:15,792 --> 00:52:19,250 (INHALE) That... That me and my son... 1008 00:52:19,709 --> 00:52:21,167 (SOBBING) 1009 00:52:24,250 --> 00:52:27,999 That me and my son for him we were dead. 1010 00:52:28,083 --> 00:52:29,542 NARRATOR: I understand you completely 1011 00:52:29,626 --> 00:52:31,458 because I am experiencing the same situation. 1012 00:52:31,542 --> 00:52:33,333 My family doesn't talk to me anymore. 1013 00:52:33,417 --> 00:52:35,417 I have lost my family. 1014 00:52:36,292 --> 00:52:37,750 (SOBBING) 1015 00:52:37,834 --> 00:52:39,417 (BIRDS SINGING) 1016 00:52:43,751 --> 00:52:44,834 SOCHIL:Leave this church 1017 00:52:44,918 --> 00:52:47,166 it's not something that happens overnight 1018 00:52:47,250 --> 00:52:48,834 and the same was for us. 1019 00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:53,583 When we decided to leave the church, 1020 00:52:53,667 --> 00:52:55,250 it became a problem. 1021 00:52:58,334 --> 00:53:00,167 They began to send ministers. 1022 00:53:01,292 --> 00:53:02,709 It was chaos. 1023 00:53:03,792 --> 00:53:05,834 The bishops called us to a meeting, 1024 00:53:07,792 --> 00:53:08,875 and I said to Sharim: 1025 00:53:08,959 --> 00:53:11,359 "I'm ready to go. We can even record them." 1026 00:53:13,125 --> 00:53:14,999 But its objective 1027 00:53:15,083 --> 00:53:17,792 It was to prevent us from talking. 1028 00:53:18,626 --> 00:53:20,125 VOICE OF ROGELIO FORMER LLDM MEMBER 1029 00:53:20,209 --> 00:53:24,125 We wanted to avoid as much as possible, 1030 00:53:24,959 --> 00:53:28,083 don't let anyone else find out. 1031 00:53:28,167 --> 00:53:32,250 In that way, this no one You will have to know him. 1032 00:53:35,334 --> 00:53:37,625 SOCHIL: They wanted to see us in the church. 1033 00:53:37,709 --> 00:53:40,458 They wanted to see us active, 1034 00:53:40,542 --> 00:53:42,416 as if nothing had happened, 1035 00:53:42,500 --> 00:53:45,875 and that's when I finally realized 1036 00:53:45,959 --> 00:53:48,208 of everything that was happening. 1037 00:53:48,292 --> 00:53:52,083 This is some kind of mafia. 1038 00:53:52,167 --> 00:53:53,875 This is not a church. 1039 00:53:53,959 --> 00:53:57,708 ROGELIO: You tell us what we do. 1040 00:53:57,792 --> 00:54:00,083 We bought the property, 1041 00:54:00,167 --> 00:54:03,999 and based on that, We see how we work on it. 1042 00:54:04,083 --> 00:54:05,834 SOCHIL:They offered us money 1043 00:54:05,918 --> 00:54:07,291 in exchange for our house. 1044 00:54:07,375 --> 00:54:09,041 Our house wasn't worth that much 1045 00:54:09,125 --> 00:54:11,291 how they had contemplated changing it. 1046 00:54:11,375 --> 00:54:14,291 They were going to exchange it for a house much bigger. 1047 00:54:14,375 --> 00:54:17,375 SOCHIL'S VOICE: Here We are interested in peace of mind. 1048 00:54:17,459 --> 00:54:18,583 It's peace. 1049 00:54:18,667 --> 00:54:21,792 What I know, at the end of time, 1050 00:54:21,876 --> 00:54:24,667 not tomorrow, or in 15 years, I don't know, 1051 00:54:24,751 --> 00:54:26,834 but when the day of justice comes, 1052 00:54:26,918 --> 00:54:28,166 everything is going to be known. 1053 00:54:28,250 --> 00:54:29,834 HOUSE OF GOD AND GATE TO HEAVEN 1054 00:54:29,918 --> 00:54:32,999 SHARIM'S VOICE: We have the possibility that... 1055 00:54:33,083 --> 00:54:36,291 this situation is completely erased. 1056 00:54:36,375 --> 00:54:39,583 That they can say that there was a moment of conclusion 1057 00:54:39,667 --> 00:54:42,250 of a complicated moment. 1058 00:54:42,334 --> 00:54:45,041 And we totally erase it from our lives. 1059 00:54:45,125 --> 00:54:48,667 And we continue forward as if nothing had happened. 1060 00:54:50,792 --> 00:54:52,958 SHARIM: And I think that They saw us as little ones, 1061 00:54:53,042 --> 00:54:54,792 and they saw us as nothing. 1062 00:54:54,876 --> 00:54:59,250 And I said: "And please, Give a message to Naason. 1063 00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:05,125 Tell him he doesn't know who he messed with. 1064 00:55:06,083 --> 00:55:08,500 And let him go and fuck his fucking mother." 1065 00:55:13,751 --> 00:55:16,375 SOCHIL: When I left of that specific meeting, 1066 00:55:16,459 --> 00:55:19,500 I realized that everything was a lie, 1067 00:55:20,167 --> 00:55:22,250 and I got angry. 1068 00:55:22,334 --> 00:55:24,999 I remembered my aunt, also my mother, 1069 00:55:25,083 --> 00:55:26,625 and of course 1070 00:55:26,709 --> 00:55:29,500 of all the girls I've been with had been, from their mothers... 1071 00:55:29,584 --> 00:55:30,916 (INHALE) 1072 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:35,667 ...and those who live in Ensenada and from that little one, 1073 00:55:35,751 --> 00:55:38,792 who approached me, and... 1074 00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:43,208 and so many faces come to mind. 1075 00:55:43,292 --> 00:55:45,334 And I knew that I had not been a good person. 1076 00:55:47,334 --> 00:55:49,208 The first thing I said to Sharim 1077 00:55:49,292 --> 00:55:51,542 it was that we had have to do something about it. 1078 00:55:51,626 --> 00:55:54,041 That he had contacts in the government. 1079 00:55:54,125 --> 00:55:55,916 That was the time to act. 1080 00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:58,083 And Sharim said: 1081 00:55:58,167 --> 00:56:00,375 "Now it's dangerous for us. 1082 00:56:01,751 --> 00:56:04,959 These people are very powerful, especially in Mexico." 1083 00:56:09,542 --> 00:56:11,500 How did I leave the church? 1084 00:56:11,959 --> 00:56:13,459 I didn't do it alone. 1085 00:56:15,459 --> 00:56:16,958 I wouldn't have done it alone. 1086 00:56:17,042 --> 00:56:20,292 I don't think anyone in my circle I could do it without help. 1087 00:56:22,918 --> 00:56:26,375 SHARIM: I remember that the day that we escaped from Ensenada 1088 00:56:26,459 --> 00:56:28,041 It was... something very difficult 1089 00:56:28,125 --> 00:56:30,291 because in reality it was leaving everything. 1090 00:56:30,375 --> 00:56:32,792 We leave everything, just We left with a suitcase. 1091 00:56:33,709 --> 00:56:36,167 We loaded a suitcase, and left. 1092 00:56:42,167 --> 00:56:44,708 SOCHIL: We have friends who have been left in a coma, 1093 00:56:44,792 --> 00:56:46,583 friends who have been kidnapped 1094 00:56:46,667 --> 00:56:48,667 and abandoned on the road. 1095 00:56:50,500 --> 00:56:52,750 They are after you. That's what this church does. 1096 00:56:52,834 --> 00:56:54,959 Especially if you're in that circle. 1097 00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:57,625 But that's how I see it. 1098 00:56:57,709 --> 00:57:00,166 The more public you are, the safer you are, 1099 00:57:00,250 --> 00:57:01,416 because it's obvious 1100 00:57:01,500 --> 00:57:04,208 if something happens to me, to my daughter or my husband, 1101 00:57:04,292 --> 00:57:06,166 they will go after them. 1102 00:57:06,250 --> 00:57:08,584 It doesn't matter if it looks like an accident. 1103 00:57:10,083 --> 00:57:12,834 Everyone will know that he did it The Light of the World. 1104 00:57:14,792 --> 00:57:17,667 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1105 00:57:21,834 --> 00:57:25,125 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪ 1106 00:58:38,542 --> 00:58:43,459 ♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪