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NARRATOR: At the age of nine
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I was raped by two members
of the church.
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A minister abused me
when I was 17 years old.
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Then at 13 I was recruited
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in that special group
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to serve SJF.
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KATE: What started my decision
to go deeper
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it was my general passion for justice.
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The Bible says: "Maintain justice
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and do what is right",
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and I just felt
which was what I had to do.
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NARRATOR: I want
May Naasón Joaquín read this.
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KATE: Listening to the stories,
I felt more and more upset.
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION OF LLDM
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HE MADE ME MARRY AT 16!
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KATE: And I thought, "I have to do something."
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So I started to reach
to different media.
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SOCHIL MARTIN: Essentially
I started to arrive
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to the people in government
from the United States.
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Mayors and...
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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...and also the governor of California.
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KATE: The first thing we thought
It was at the exhibition.
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"We have to expose it."
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SOCHIL: I contacted some famous people.
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Oprah Winfrey,
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Salma Hayek,
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Reese Witherspoon,
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Emma Stone. Like everyone
in the movement
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We never received a response from anyone.
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KATE: Some media
They completely ignore
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pero no Rhonda.
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JOURNALIST
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BRIAN ROSS: Soy Brian Ross,
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accompanied tonight
by Rhonda Schwartz,
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and Rhonda, it's a new year.
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What is notable here
this is a church
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with three generations of apostles
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and three generations of abuse,
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that had been covered...
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until now.
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♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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NARRATOR: Behind the Veil:
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Surviving the Church
The Light of the World.
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Part 3: A fight for justice.
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♪ (THEME MUSICAL CONCLUDES) ♪
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SOCHIL:When you leave that sect,
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you are so confused
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with God, Jesus, the world, your family,
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the apostle and...
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you are afraid of everything.
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I saw... all the sacrifices that Sharim
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had done for us.
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He knew that our safety
was at stake.
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And he left everything behind.
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His career, his home, everything...
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to come to the United States.
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SHARIM GUZMAN: Start again from scratch
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it's like an uncertainty.
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Coming to the United States
It was a new beginning.
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Always being positive,
and always fighting, you do well.
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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And that's what we tried to do.
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The beginning was difficult for...
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for me and for Sochil,
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well, stabilize ourselves.
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And I think we have gone...
continued, we have continued fighting,
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At least, as we say:
"As long as we have somewhere to live
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and where to eat, that's enough."
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SOCHIL: In a way,
I was getting my life back.
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And for that reason,
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it was... (SIGH) ...important to me
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have a personal sense of justice.
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(BIRDS SINGING)
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RHONDA SCHWARTZ: Sochil said
that he would speak publicly.
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JOURNALIST
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It was an important turning point.
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BRIAN: Good evening and welcome.
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Tonight we go
to listen to Sochil Martin.
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RHONDA: She really
He exposed himself very bravely.
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BRIAN: Sochil,
thank you very much for being here.
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- You are welcome.
- Why are you doing this?
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For justice.
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BRIAN: Sochil says she was seduced
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and abused by Naasón García.
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I still try to believe that...
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which wasn't that bad.
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But it is.
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And I don't think there's any other way to say it.
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He abused me at sixteen.
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They teach you that you are... lucky.
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RHONDA: And it finally ended
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at the attorney general's office.
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NARRATOR:
Ronald Regan Building,
state of California.
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SOCHIL: Someone from the department
of justice
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from California it became
contact me,
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and the agent I spoke to,
He did listen to me.
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And I felt like he trusted me.
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I went to my first meeting.
They took my statement.
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After that,
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they asked me
What if I knew any minor?
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that he was willing to show up.
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RHONDA: Sochil was
fundamental in the case.
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She testified and cooperated
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with the prosecution from the beginning.
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California Attorney General
presented a very strong case.
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I STOP BELIEVING WHEN I HAD
THAN DO SEXUAL THINGS WITH HIM.
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RHONDA: They were five anonymous people
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and each of them
He had incredible stories...
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MY EXPERIENCE WITH NJG AND THE TRUTH...
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IT ALL STARTED WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD
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...having been recruited and prepared
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to be sexual slaves of the apostle.
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SOCHIL:Unfortunately,
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due to statute of limitations
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and because they were looking for minors,
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I was not considered a stranger
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in the California criminal case.
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JOEY YEDIDSION: I'm Joey Yedidsion.
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Lawyer specialized in sexual abuse.
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I represent several victims
from The Light of the World,
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including the anonymous ones.
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To maintain an appearance
of privacy and dignity...
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LAWYER
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...the courts have allowed
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have their identities hidden.
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THE HORRORS THAT HAPPENED INSIDE
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JOEY:Fortunately,
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various agents
from the department of justice...
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HE WAS SURROUNDED BY YOUNG AND INNOCENT GIRLS
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...they were able to get a lot of evidence...
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SEXUAL ABUSE
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...regarding the abuses he committed.
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THEY WERE FORCED TO OBEY
EVEN GIRLS AND BOYS
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JOEY:In this case,
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most of the accusations
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in which the abuse is prolonged
for years and years.
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GREAT BODILY DAMAGE ON THE UNKNOWN GIRL 2
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JOEY: That means
that there were years of rape.
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FORCED ORAL COPULATION
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JOEY: The accusations
They are hateful, worse...
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH BREASTS AND VAGINAS
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...than any case
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in which it has been involved,
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worse than any case I've ever read...
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LICK CREAM FROM OTHER WOMEN'S BREASTS
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...worse than...
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any case you could imagine.
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RHONDA: The victims, the survivors,
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they had been waiting a long time
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for the courts to act.
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We know that the wheels of justice
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in a court they turn very slowly.
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SHARIM: I mean, I looked at her
with more impetus, with more energy,
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with more dedication, and... always...
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I was looking for how to have
that support for girls.
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And I looked at her too
worried and stressed,
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because he told me: "They already spoke,
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and nothing is happening."
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SHARIM: And I remember
very good the day when...
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Sochil tell him that they are going
to arrest Naason.
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That day we didn't know...
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how to react. We didn't know what to do.
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It was very strange.
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We say: "Is this happening
really?"
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ANNA: I think we all get
a chain message
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by WhatsApp, saying
that we would run to the temple
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because there was an advertisement.
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ALETHEA CORONADO: When
I found out about his arrest,
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I was in swimming class
of my children.
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And they called me.
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My brother spoke to me.
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He says: "They arrested Nahshon,
They arrested the servant of God."
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And Jemima is happy too.
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I cried.
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My sister says:
"Keila, justice will be served."
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RHONDA: Naasón was arrested
on his private jet
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when he landed in Los Angeles
in that month of June 2019.
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(AIRCRAFT WHIRRING)
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(POLICE SIREN)
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REPORTER 1:The Light of the World,
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their leader arrested.
His name is Joaquín García.
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He was handcuffed
at the international airport
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from Los Angeles after landing.
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REPORTER 2: The prosecutor
General Xavier Becerra
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he filed 26 charges
which include rape...
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FORCED RAPE
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...human trafficking
and child pornography.
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
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This case, which goes much further
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from an incident of abuse...
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SEXUAL ABUSE OF THE CLERGY
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...it came to us through a clue.
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And as you see, if they report it...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL
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...we will act
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If you are a survivor of abuse
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In this particular case,
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or if you have information
about misconduct
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of anyone involved in this,
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we will listen to it.
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NARRATOR: I can assure
that everything is true.
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RHONDA: It seems like it was a young girl
generation of women...
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PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE BELIEVE US!
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...gathered anonymously
in a Reddit chat room...
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I WILL HAVE MY DAY IN COURT
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...who shared their stories...
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AND IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA
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...that reached the ears
of the attorney general
from California.
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PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
NAASON JOAQUÍN GARCIA
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And charges were filed.
that apparently could put an end
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to the reign of this current apostle.
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We were having coffee
after work...
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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...and we receive a message to the group.
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- (NOTIFICATION)
- JOEL:The message said:
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"Naasón has been arrested
at the Los Angeles airport.
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His house has been raided."
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RHONDA: They had seized
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the apostle's computers, his iPads
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and they discovered pornographic videos.
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Some showing acts
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with minor children.
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NARRATOR:Naasón arrested.
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It's about time.
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ANNA: We were just in the moment
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of movement
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WEINSTEIN CASE MOVES
THOUSANDS TO BREAK SILENCE
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...del Weinstein, del Epstein,
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from Trump even,
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so of course
that he is going to be arrested.
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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But something in the back of my mind
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I kept thinking: "But he is
an apostle of God,
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so maybe God will help him."
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SOCHIL:I felt that...
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I already had a voice and what did it matter,
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but all the time I was wondering:
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"And what will happen now?"
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REPORTER 3: On our knees and crying,
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these members of La Luz del Mundo,
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or Light of The World Church,
They are in shock
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at the Guadalajara headquarters,
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like here in Los Angeles.
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ASHLEY VALDEZ:We have prayers
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24 hours, of course, like
a way to ask God
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that manifests innocence
of the apostle of the Lord.
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We know he is innocent.
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LLDM MEMBER:Jesus Christ,
who is the founder
of this church,
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we knew that he suffered too
these situations of...
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slander
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HECTOR: They say that Naasón Joaquín
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he is imprisoned like Saint Paul.
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Saint Paul... was in prisons
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for bearing witness to Christ.
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Naasón is in jail for being a pedophile!
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NARRATOR: The Light of the World is
on the side of the accused apostle.
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♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
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KENNETH ROSENFELD: We know
that this man is not like that.
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I would be unable to do this.
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We are not going to rest. we won't stop
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until it is proven
systematically and methodically...
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LAWYER OF NAASON JOAQUÍN
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...the falsehood of all accusations
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against the apostle.
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♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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XAVIER BECERRA: My office has stopped
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to Naasón Joaquín García.
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His co-defendants acted
concentrated with him
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to commit the crimes charged,
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and they were also members
of this organization.
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The names of the co-defendants
in the complaint are:
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Alondra Ocampo,
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Susana Medina Oaxaca,
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and Azalea Rangel Meléndez.
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SOCHIL: When Naasón was arrested,
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they did it with... ah...
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Susana Oaxaca.
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RHONDA: She was one of the people
of Naasón's inner circle,
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and prepared her to be
one of her servants.
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He also has accusations
for enabling sexual crimes
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and other very serious charges.
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Azalea Rangel was another
of the servants of the apostle,
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so to speak,
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who was named in the indictment.
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And his whereabouts to this day
today is unknown.
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SOCHIL: With Azalea,
There is an arrest warrant.
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And until now, she is still on the run.
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The last person who was arrested
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I think it was Alondra Ocampo.
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NARRATOR: Review hearing
of bail. August 2020.
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JUDGE RONALD COEN:
Regarding
to the accused García,
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the appropriate bond in this matter
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will be set at $90 million.
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Let me say, regarding Ocampo,
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that the charges in question against her
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They are quite serious in nature,
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but, unlike the accused García,
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Ocampo's conduct
it was more of an accomplice
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and/or facilitator,
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instead of being a direct author.
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Regarding Ocampo, the court
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is going to reduce his bail of 25 million
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to ten million dollars.
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(WATER RUNS)
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♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER KELLERMEYER:
My name is Christopher.
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I am the husband of Alondra Ocampo.
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The moment I met Alondra,
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she was standing outside
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from the library
from downtown Los Angeles.
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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I made eye contact with her.
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And Alondra is exceptionally beautiful.
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I love you, my love.
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I remember asking for his number and he said:
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"I can't give it to you,
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but I can invite you to my church."
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♪ (CHOIR SINGING) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER: Alondra was indeed
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- a believer of this faith...
- ♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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...because she was raised that way, since she was a baby.
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I started going to church regularly.
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And I really thought
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on the points that were being discussed
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and I simply listened... to his doctrine.
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How beautiful we sing
our songs to God.
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With life, with spirit,
with understanding,
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- with joy.
- (CELEBRATING CROWD)
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CHRISTOPHER: They were all things
very positive and pleasant.
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And the truth is you feel something in your heart
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when you kneel and pray.
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♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER: And suddenly,
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I felt God.
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♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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(WIND BLOWING)
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CHRISTOPHER: I had made my decision.
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Now I was with La Luz del Mundo.
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I was going to marry a sister.
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I was going to reach paradise
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to be with God
and feel something even bigger
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of what I was feeling
in my heart at that moment.
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♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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(LAUGHS) Am, I love you.
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but you also have
to appear in the video.
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CHRISTOPHER: Alondra and I
we had a good life together
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outside the church.
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We went to the beach or went on vacation
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like Puerto Vallarta
and we did zip lining,
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ATVs, and all this
It was to live happy in general.
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♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER: I wasn't with my wife
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when the arrest occurred.
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I left work.
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I got out of the car
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after arriving
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to our apartment complex,
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and the... officers were running towards me.
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Several members of the police
They shouted my name.
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I asked, "What is this all about?"
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And everyone told me: "It's not about you,
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it's about your wife."
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And I thought, "That's not true.
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That's just nonsense.
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"They had the wrong person."
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He is the most innocent person on the planet.
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And I asked: "Where is Alondra?".
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And they told me that they had
arrested at work.
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And then they said:
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"We have to search your property.
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Make a record."
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They brought the search warrant,
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I started reading it all...
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and I just believed...
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that wasn't true.
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THE CHARGES SECTION
AGAINST ALONDRA OCAMPO
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CHRISTOPHER: The charges
They were human trafficking,
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forced sex with minors, pedophilia,
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and sex trafficking.
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Like the worst of the worst.
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These are things that...
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they are considered so bad
like murder, or worse.
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Of course.
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My partner is here.
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Tare! (LAUGHS)
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CHRISTOPHER: As I read, I thought:
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"This cannot be."
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And I sit in a chair
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in the middle of the room,
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and then they start to stir everything up,
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and I was in this state
almost surreal,
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checking all my things.
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER:And they checked everything,
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they took the electronic devices,
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cameras and hard drives.
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I had many hard drives, USBs,
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because I love technology.
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Then they took his tablet,
your computer.
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And they left.
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♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
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NARRATOR: Regional detention center.
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CHRISTOPHER:
On the first visit to prison,
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I went in there with his father.
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And upon entering,
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I saw a Lark that I had never seen before.
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His face was just...
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death.
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I had never seen
to a human being with so much...
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anguish.
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As if I hadn't slept
for a week.
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So, I told him:
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"You're going to be perfectly fine.
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Let's find out what's happening.
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We will solve it
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and you're going to get out of here soon."
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And we left.
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♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER:Time passed,
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and I go back to the lawyers and tell them:
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"I...
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I need my hardware
of work they took.
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I want it back
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because I have several projects
where I work."
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And they tell me: "Well,
let's contact the prosecutor
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to see if he can give you back
the hardware".
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The prosecutor accepts, I collect my things,
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and the first thing I do
is putting all the things
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before me and I start to do
an inventory of what I ordered
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and what they gave me, and it was all.
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But while I was doing it, I saw two USBs.
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Two USBs that I didn't recognize.
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(MOUSE CLICK)
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CHRISTOPHER: I introduced one.
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♪ (CROWD SINGING
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY") ♪
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CHRISTOPHER: And they were
like home videos of maybe
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a birthday party
for the head of the church.
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And I didn't understand.
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- Then I introduced the second...
- ♪ (TENSION MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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CHRISTOPHER:
...and there were pornographic videos
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of a woman participating
in sexual activity.
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And in a video
there was the head of the church.
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Naason was wearing a white bathrobe.
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He was recording the sexual acts.
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But I was wondering:
"Who is this woman?"
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I took a screenshot of the face
and I showed it to him
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to one of the brothers
from Alondra and I said:
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"Hey, look.
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Who is she? Who do you think it is?"
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And he said, "Hey, she looks like Azalea."
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The people involved
They are all adults in the video,
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and this was not child pornography
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nor anything technically illegal.
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But for millions of people
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who believe that this person is... holy,
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It means a lot to them,
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because it is not representative
of what he says to others,
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as they should be.
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And you wouldn't imagine Jesus being like that,
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if you have the authority of Jesus
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and the heart of Jesus on earth,
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then why would I commit adultery?
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BRIAN: Prosecutors say the apostle,
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despite all its religious glory,
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he has always had women
in the church they helped
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to recruit and prepare young girls
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in his adolescence
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so that he could abuse
of them and rape them.
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Prosecutors assure that Alondra Ocampo
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was one of them.
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♪ (REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
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SOCHIL: He's a little older
than me, not much.
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We went to the same church
east of Los Angeles.
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Some of the times
that we had to dance
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It was at his house,
487
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and she was the beautiful girl
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that had all those blessings.
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ANNA: Lark,
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I knew her maybe
at eight years of age.
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we met
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because we were part of the same club
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child studies.
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Always, as a child,
She was very devoted to the church.
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Very serious.
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He never joked.
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She was very strict in her studies.
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I think he was a victim
since I was a child...
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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...by taking her to Samuel.
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And just when Naasón takes command
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and becomes the apostle,
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she becomes a cleaner.
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JOEL: Here his job was...
teach girls
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to be complacent
using the scriptures.
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She was a perfectionist,
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so he asked for total obedience...
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FORMER LLDM MEMBER
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...that everything was perfect for Naasón.
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- ♪ (REFLECTIVE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
- (STREET ENVIRONMENT)
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CHRISTOPHER: I'm going with Alondra to prison.
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CHRISTOPHER: I look at her and I say:
513
00:23:44,584 --> 00:23:48,125
"I'm 90 percent sure
514
00:23:48,209 --> 00:23:51,166
that this video is real
at this moment.
515
00:23:51,250 --> 00:23:52,958
Is it all real?
516
00:23:53,042 --> 00:23:56,500
Is it part real and part conspiracy?
517
00:23:56,584 --> 00:23:57,834
Or is it a...
518
00:23:58,876 --> 00:24:00,250
complete conspiracy?"
519
00:24:01,375 --> 00:24:05,375
She stops
and looks at the ground for a moment.
520
00:24:05,459 --> 00:24:08,041
Then she looks at me,
521
00:24:08,125 --> 00:24:11,000
and then he says, "This is real."
522
00:24:15,959 --> 00:24:18,667
Then he lowered his head.
523
00:24:18,751 --> 00:24:21,167
(SOBBING)
524
00:24:22,751 --> 00:24:23,876
Am...
525
00:24:24,584 --> 00:24:26,000
He didn't want to look at me anymore,
526
00:24:27,125 --> 00:24:29,250
and I'm very sure he believed...
527
00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:30,375
(CLEARS THROAT)
528
00:24:31,834 --> 00:24:33,916
...that when I came back
to look up,
529
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:35,500
I wouldn't be there anymore.
530
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,542
That her husband would be gone.
531
00:24:39,626 --> 00:24:41,458
(INHALE, CLEARS THROAT)
532
00:24:41,542 --> 00:24:44,750
(LAUGHTER)
533
00:24:44,834 --> 00:24:48,167
- ♪ (ANIMATED MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
- (INDISTINCT VOICES)
534
00:24:50,250 --> 00:24:51,709
CHRISTOPHER:I got up,
535
00:24:52,792 --> 00:24:55,626
and I put my hand on the glass,
536
00:24:56,167 --> 00:24:57,709
I kept it there.
537
00:24:58,876 --> 00:25:00,834
After a while,
she looks up
538
00:25:00,918 --> 00:25:02,292
and he sees me there.
539
00:25:04,626 --> 00:25:08,709
And puts his hand on the glass
where mine was.
540
00:25:10,209 --> 00:25:11,500
I told him:
541
00:25:12,667 --> 00:25:15,792
"I love you, I will always be by your side.
542
00:25:16,334 --> 00:25:18,375
And I'll get you out of this.
543
00:25:18,459 --> 00:25:19,959
But it must be done...
544
00:25:21,042 --> 00:25:22,334
the right thing,
545
00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:24,709
It doesn't matter what it means."
546
00:25:25,792 --> 00:25:29,083
Even if that meant...
547
00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:31,918
have to spend the rest
of his life in prison,
548
00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:36,625
and... that I have to testify
549
00:25:36,709 --> 00:25:38,542
and tell the truth.
550
00:25:38,626 --> 00:25:41,083
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
551
00:25:42,125 --> 00:25:43,542
CHRISTOPHER: So I asked him:
552
00:25:43,626 --> 00:25:44,876
"Is it just Naason...
553
00:25:45,876 --> 00:25:46,916
Joaquín García?".
554
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,166
And he says to me: "No.
555
00:25:49,250 --> 00:25:53,042
It's the whole family,
and some of the ministers."
556
00:25:54,250 --> 00:25:55,792
I immediately ask him:
557
00:25:55,876 --> 00:25:58,291
"Since when has this been happening?"
558
00:25:58,375 --> 00:26:01,042
She says, "For a long time."
559
00:26:02,042 --> 00:26:03,291
I say, "A long time ago?
560
00:26:03,375 --> 00:26:06,667
Since 1926, or even longer?"
561
00:26:07,584 --> 00:26:10,291
And he says, "It's been a long time."
562
00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:14,125
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
563
00:26:17,083 --> 00:26:18,834
CHRISTOPHER: And then I thought...
564
00:26:19,834 --> 00:26:22,125
which is almost a hundred years
565
00:26:23,042 --> 00:26:25,416
rape, pedophilia,
566
00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:28,125
of sex trafficking, of abuse...
567
00:26:29,083 --> 00:26:30,709
of family separation...
568
00:26:32,626 --> 00:26:33,959
ghost friends.
569
00:26:36,375 --> 00:26:37,667
It was an organization
570
00:26:37,751 --> 00:26:39,667
that he had to stop no matter what.
571
00:26:41,918 --> 00:26:43,667
NARRATOR: Court
of the United States.
572
00:26:43,751 --> 00:26:47,834
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
573
00:26:58,709 --> 00:27:00,208
WOMAN: Please
raise your right hand.
574
00:27:00,292 --> 00:27:01,667
ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE OF NAASON J. GARCÍA
575
00:27:01,751 --> 00:27:03,375
WOMAN: Do you solemnly swear
before this court
576
00:27:03,459 --> 00:27:05,375
tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
577
00:27:05,459 --> 00:27:06,625
PRELIMINARY HEARING AUGUST 2020
578
00:27:06,709 --> 00:27:07,958
TROY HOLMES: I swear.
579
00:27:08,042 --> 00:27:11,208
At the preliminary hearings,
the agents testified
580
00:27:11,292 --> 00:27:13,458
about the information they collected...
581
00:27:13,542 --> 00:27:14,542
LAWYER FOR FORMER LLDM MEMBERS
582
00:27:14,626 --> 00:27:15,999
...through his research
583
00:27:16,083 --> 00:27:17,792
related to the abuse they suffered
584
00:27:17,876 --> 00:27:19,708
the anonymous girls.
585
00:27:19,792 --> 00:27:20,916
WOMAN: Do you swear before this court
586
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,792
tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?
587
00:27:22,876 --> 00:27:24,500
- THOMAS DONOHUE: I swear.
- WOMAN: Thank you.
588
00:27:24,584 --> 00:27:25,542
Please take a seat.
589
00:27:25,626 --> 00:27:27,667
AMANDA PLISNER: Did he say anything?
the Unknown 1
590
00:27:27,751 --> 00:27:29,916
of being a member of a group in the church?
591
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:32,166
THOMAS: He said there was
a hierarchy in the church...
592
00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:34,458
DEPARTMENT SPECIAL AGENT
OF JUSTICE OF CALIFORNIA
593
00:27:34,542 --> 00:27:35,999
...and that, within that hierarchy,
594
00:27:36,083 --> 00:27:38,542
there was a group known as "the group."
595
00:27:38,626 --> 00:27:43,416
And the group served... Mr. García.
596
00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:45,667
AMANDA: What did Stranger 1 say?
597
00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:46,875
about that group?
598
00:27:46,959 --> 00:27:48,999
THOMAS: He said that normally
there were six girls
599
00:27:49,083 --> 00:27:51,916
within that group, who were their age,
600
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,583
about 15 years.
601
00:27:54,667 --> 00:27:57,042
And it was directed by Alondra Ocampo.
602
00:27:58,834 --> 00:28:01,416
Ocampo told the girls
to get naked,
603
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,250
to take off all their clothes.
They undressed completely.
604
00:28:04,334 --> 00:28:06,333
She took pictures of the girls.
605
00:28:06,417 --> 00:28:10,250
Unknown number 1 refused
to take pictures
606
00:28:10,334 --> 00:28:11,708
of your vaginal area,
607
00:28:11,792 --> 00:28:14,751
so he then took it,
He forced her to open her legs.
608
00:28:15,959 --> 00:28:17,834
And according to Unknown Number 1,
609
00:28:18,876 --> 00:28:23,209
Ocampo took videos
and photographs of this incident.
610
00:28:27,751 --> 00:28:29,834
PATRICIA FUSCO: The Stranger 2
611
00:28:29,918 --> 00:28:32,041
gave more details about what happened
612
00:28:32,125 --> 00:28:34,041
when he arrived at the house of the accused García
613
00:28:34,125 --> 00:28:34,999
on that occasion?
614
00:28:35,083 --> 00:28:38,291
TROY: Yes, she told me that Mrs. Ocampo
615
00:28:38,375 --> 00:28:41,792
He asked her to take off her clothes.
and come in to serve coffee.
616
00:28:41,876 --> 00:28:45,166
So yes, she served coffee naked.
617
00:28:45,250 --> 00:28:47,792
PATRICIA: What did you say?
the Unknown number 2
618
00:28:47,876 --> 00:28:50,458
about the details of that event?
619
00:28:50,542 --> 00:28:52,625
SPECIAL AGENT, DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE OF CALIFORNIA
620
00:28:52,709 --> 00:28:54,291
TROY: I think I talked about it. she said
621
00:28:54,375 --> 00:28:55,918
who entered the room.
622
00:28:56,459 --> 00:28:57,999
He flattered her,
623
00:28:58,083 --> 00:29:00,667
then he took her, kissed her,
624
00:29:00,751 --> 00:29:03,500
he threw her to the ground and had
sexual relations with her.
625
00:29:05,125 --> 00:29:08,583
PATRICIA: Did Stranger 2 tell you
626
00:29:08,667 --> 00:29:11,876
if I was a virgin at the time
of this sexual encounter?
627
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,999
TROY: That's right.
628
00:29:14,083 --> 00:29:17,166
AMANDA: The Stranger 4
told him some other incident
629
00:29:17,250 --> 00:29:18,750
related to oral copulation
630
00:29:18,834 --> 00:29:21,291
of the accused García?
631
00:29:21,375 --> 00:29:23,375
TROY: Well, she described
632
00:29:23,459 --> 00:29:25,667
having had oral sex
with him at his residence
633
00:29:25,751 --> 00:29:26,999
both times.
634
00:29:27,083 --> 00:29:30,458
And he lowered his head
635
00:29:30,542 --> 00:29:32,542
towards his penis,
636
00:29:32,626 --> 00:29:35,125
and that she tried to get away from him
637
00:29:35,209 --> 00:29:38,125
and she got very nervous
and held his head
638
00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:41,625
down on his penis,
until he vomited.
639
00:29:41,709 --> 00:29:44,999
Mr. García asked him
that he would give to his sister
640
00:29:45,083 --> 00:29:48,083
for similar behavior,
641
00:29:48,167 --> 00:29:51,625
and that was what finally
642
00:29:51,709 --> 00:29:53,999
made her leave the church.
643
00:29:54,083 --> 00:29:56,751
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
644
00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:06,125
♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
645
00:30:09,709 --> 00:30:10,875
JOEY:In my experience,
646
00:30:10,959 --> 00:30:13,708
when it comes to sexual abuse,
647
00:30:13,792 --> 00:30:16,792
something that is unique in those cases
648
00:30:16,876 --> 00:30:18,584
It is the preparation process.
649
00:30:19,751 --> 00:30:21,708
When it comes to a religious case,
650
00:30:21,792 --> 00:30:23,125
it is even more delicate.
651
00:30:23,626 --> 00:30:24,958
Because it is something
652
00:30:25,042 --> 00:30:27,375
so deeply personal and sincere.
653
00:30:29,250 --> 00:30:31,500
You become even more protective,
654
00:30:31,584 --> 00:30:34,333
not just the person who is abusing,
655
00:30:34,417 --> 00:30:37,416
but of all religion,
and you do not seek to betray her.
656
00:30:37,500 --> 00:30:39,875
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
657
00:30:39,959 --> 00:30:43,041
JOEY: Naason not only used
religion and faith
658
00:30:43,125 --> 00:30:44,708
of all his victims
659
00:30:44,792 --> 00:30:48,750
to personally abuse people,
660
00:30:48,834 --> 00:30:52,375
but he used it to force and, I believe,
661
00:30:52,459 --> 00:30:55,750
to force other members
of the church
662
00:30:55,834 --> 00:30:57,416
to also perpetrate their abuses.
663
00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:00,626
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
664
00:31:02,083 --> 00:31:05,918
SOCHIL: When Naasón started
to ask me to bring him girls,
665
00:31:06,626 --> 00:31:08,709
it was when he was already an apostle.
666
00:31:11,125 --> 00:31:13,041
My job was to prepare them
667
00:31:13,125 --> 00:31:14,876
as they prepared me.
668
00:31:17,500 --> 00:31:20,041
I showed them the appropriate texts.
669
00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:21,416
I bought them the right clothes.
670
00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:23,458
I educated them, I taught them how to walk,
671
00:31:23,542 --> 00:31:25,542
how to dress, how to behave,
672
00:31:25,626 --> 00:31:28,291
how to listen, how not to speak,
673
00:31:28,375 --> 00:31:30,042
how not to think too much.
674
00:31:32,417 --> 00:31:35,792
And how his world turned
around the apostle.
675
00:31:35,876 --> 00:31:37,458
And how now they were concubines,
676
00:31:37,542 --> 00:31:40,417
how to act as wives,
how they belonged to him now.
677
00:31:42,125 --> 00:31:43,875
You cannot say no to the Servant of God
678
00:31:43,959 --> 00:31:46,584
because you are going to hell
if you refuse to do something.
679
00:31:51,834 --> 00:31:53,751
Before I leave completely,
680
00:31:54,834 --> 00:31:56,999
the only thing I asked of Naasón
681
00:31:57,083 --> 00:31:59,125
was that he left the girls
682
00:31:59,209 --> 00:32:02,083
which I had prepared and cleaned for him...
683
00:32:03,417 --> 00:32:06,417
to leave them because they still
They had not been abused.
684
00:32:07,417 --> 00:32:09,834
And I wasn't going to be able to live with myself.
685
00:32:09,918 --> 00:32:12,583
If that happened,
I was not going to be able to live in peace,
686
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:16,584
and I felt very guilty
because I had prepared them.
687
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:21,708
JOEY:My...
688
00:32:21,792 --> 00:32:24,458
clients often
689
00:32:24,542 --> 00:32:26,999
They strive to understand,
690
00:32:27,083 --> 00:32:28,918
in a very justified way, of course,
691
00:32:29,417 --> 00:32:30,916
that those people
692
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:36,000
who aided his abuse
They were also victims.
693
00:32:37,959 --> 00:32:41,041
I sincerely believe that those women,
694
00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:43,041
to those harassers,
695
00:32:43,125 --> 00:32:45,625
you have to have empathy for them.
696
00:32:45,709 --> 00:32:48,876
I think that's a cross
that they have to carry.
697
00:32:49,626 --> 00:32:51,625
In my experience,
698
00:32:51,709 --> 00:32:54,542
my clients who have participated
699
00:32:54,626 --> 00:32:58,166
in the cycle of abuse they really struggle
700
00:32:58,250 --> 00:33:00,834
and they have a tremendous amount of blame.
701
00:33:00,918 --> 00:33:03,834
You have to handle it very delicately.
702
00:33:06,792 --> 00:33:10,999
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
703
00:33:11,083 --> 00:33:13,875
KEILA TOPETE: They asked me
several times about girls
704
00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:15,166
they were my friends,
705
00:33:15,250 --> 00:33:17,916
who were not yet part of the group.
706
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,041
I never, ever prepared anyone...
707
00:33:21,125 --> 00:33:22,125
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
708
00:33:22,209 --> 00:33:24,542
...but they asked me
about these girls.
709
00:33:24,626 --> 00:33:26,416
And I think because they were my friends.
710
00:33:26,500 --> 00:33:29,250
♪ (HEARING MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
711
00:33:29,334 --> 00:33:33,792
KEILA: But I always found
the way to deter
712
00:33:35,167 --> 00:33:37,583
because I always thought that...
713
00:33:37,667 --> 00:33:40,792
This was not easy,
which was not an easy blessing.
714
00:33:44,459 --> 00:33:48,416
ALETHEA: The shape
How do I evaluate people?
715
00:33:48,500 --> 00:33:51,041
that contribute to abuse...
716
00:33:51,125 --> 00:33:52,041
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
717
00:33:52,125 --> 00:33:57,041
...and what also makes it easier is that...
718
00:33:57,125 --> 00:34:01,625
just like I was prepared
since I was a little girl,
719
00:34:01,709 --> 00:34:05,709
they were also prepared
from a very young age.
720
00:34:07,292 --> 00:34:09,125
And our...
721
00:34:09,209 --> 00:34:11,792
sense of values,
722
00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:13,667
our morality,
723
00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:15,167
they are deformed
724
00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:17,958
because...
725
00:34:18,042 --> 00:34:21,626
for our participation
with the apostles.
726
00:34:24,876 --> 00:34:26,625
♪ (HOOKING MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
727
00:34:26,709 --> 00:34:28,999
CHRISTOPHER: I think
What was most difficult for me to assimilate
728
00:34:29,083 --> 00:34:30,333
at that moment
729
00:34:30,417 --> 00:34:32,333
it was that Alondra was abused
730
00:34:32,417 --> 00:34:35,250
and she became an abuser.
731
00:34:35,334 --> 00:34:36,958
And what is most important to me
732
00:34:37,042 --> 00:34:39,458
is that she understands and recognizes
733
00:34:39,542 --> 00:34:40,708
who abused people.
734
00:34:40,792 --> 00:34:42,918
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
735
00:34:53,250 --> 00:34:54,500
CHRISTOPHER: It was in October
736
00:34:54,584 --> 00:34:56,584
when Alondra pleaded guilty.
737
00:34:57,834 --> 00:35:00,999
One of the leader's accomplices
from the La Luz del Mundo church,
738
00:35:01,083 --> 00:35:02,291
Naasón Joaquín García,
739
00:35:02,375 --> 00:35:04,667
in the case of sex trafficking and pedophilia,
740
00:35:04,751 --> 00:35:08,083
has pleaded guilty.
This is Alondra Ocampo,
741
00:35:08,167 --> 00:35:10,166
who reached a collaboration agreement
742
00:35:10,250 --> 00:35:11,667
with the California prosecutor's office.
743
00:35:11,751 --> 00:35:14,208
This would complicate the defense
by Joaquín García,
744
00:35:14,292 --> 00:35:16,458
that on two occasions
has pleaded not guilty
745
00:35:16,542 --> 00:35:20,250
of criminal charges
that are attributed to him.
746
00:35:20,334 --> 00:35:23,792
There is no doubt
that the statement
of guilt
747
00:35:23,876 --> 00:35:27,458
by Alondra Ocampo
It is the most important nail
748
00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:30,792
in the great coffin of the apostle.
749
00:35:30,876 --> 00:35:34,958
She is the one who knows
his most intimate secrets
750
00:35:35,042 --> 00:35:38,208
and also those of the previous generation.
751
00:35:38,292 --> 00:35:40,834
She knows the whole story.
752
00:35:40,918 --> 00:35:42,708
It took some time
to examine and negotiate...
753
00:35:42,792 --> 00:35:43,875
LAWYER
754
00:35:43,959 --> 00:35:46,166
...what could he plead guilty to,
755
00:35:46,250 --> 00:35:47,458
and what could not be done.
756
00:35:47,542 --> 00:35:49,291
If he had pleaded guilty
757
00:35:49,375 --> 00:35:50,500
from the beginning,
758
00:35:50,584 --> 00:35:53,250
would face more than 60 years
in state prison.
759
00:35:53,334 --> 00:35:55,834
At what age were you first abused?
760
00:35:56,292 --> 00:35:58,083
I was eight years old
761
00:35:58,167 --> 00:36:02,250
when she was raped by Samuel.
762
00:36:02,334 --> 00:36:05,166
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
763
00:36:05,250 --> 00:36:07,333
FRED THIAGARAJAH:
She was abused all her life,
764
00:36:07,417 --> 00:36:11,709
and after that,
She was coerced into the abuse.
765
00:36:14,876 --> 00:36:18,500
When Naasón Joaquín
He asked him to help him,
766
00:36:18,584 --> 00:36:20,625
part of the reason
for which she obeyed him
767
00:36:20,709 --> 00:36:22,916
it is because it has been
conditioned all his life
768
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,333
to obey the apostle,
769
00:36:24,417 --> 00:36:26,583
just like every member of this church
770
00:36:26,667 --> 00:36:28,292
and every member of his family.
771
00:36:32,042 --> 00:36:35,500
And my client, Mrs. Ocampo,
wants to unmask them.
772
00:36:38,417 --> 00:36:40,041
CHRISTOPHER: Alondra was aware
773
00:36:40,125 --> 00:36:41,542
that there was a possibility
774
00:36:41,626 --> 00:36:44,500
for her to testify
and could plead guilty
775
00:36:44,584 --> 00:36:46,875
and that the other two, Naasón and Susanna,
776
00:36:46,959 --> 00:36:48,876
they could still go free.
777
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:51,916
RHONDA:Susana...
778
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,416
he has not yet turned against Naasón.
779
00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:56,334
He continues to maintain his innocence.
780
00:36:58,375 --> 00:36:59,875
BRIAN: How do you feel now
781
00:36:59,959 --> 00:37:02,291
that the wheels of justice
they keep turning
782
00:37:02,375 --> 00:37:04,626
towards a judgment for the apostle?
783
00:37:05,667 --> 00:37:07,750
I'm happy because...
784
00:37:07,834 --> 00:37:10,041
I think we can expect good news
785
00:37:10,125 --> 00:37:13,542
and that this process
keep moving forward, and of course...
786
00:37:13,626 --> 00:37:16,709
May the truth... be there.
787
00:37:18,542 --> 00:37:20,583
I'm glad it showed up.
788
00:37:20,667 --> 00:37:22,751
Because the truth is the only way.
789
00:37:30,834 --> 00:37:32,417
CHRISTOPHER:It turns out that...
790
00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:35,583
Alondra never shot
791
00:37:35,667 --> 00:37:38,083
their cell phones, nor that data.
792
00:37:38,167 --> 00:37:40,208
♪ (SUSPENSE MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
793
00:37:40,292 --> 00:37:43,375
CHRISTOPHER: With these tests
that Alondra contributed,
794
00:37:43,459 --> 00:37:44,918
there was no escape.
795
00:37:48,083 --> 00:37:50,250
REPORTER: He carried out
another pre-trial hearing
796
00:37:50,334 --> 00:37:53,041
from the leader of La Luz del Mundo,
Naasón Joaquín García.
797
00:37:53,125 --> 00:37:55,291
Naasón Joaquín's defense insisted
798
00:37:55,375 --> 00:37:57,834
where you need to access various tests
799
00:37:57,918 --> 00:38:00,667
what is there against the call
apostle of Jesus Christ
800
00:38:00,751 --> 00:38:03,875
in order to have an adequate defense.
801
00:38:03,959 --> 00:38:06,333
Specifically, they want to have
access to messages
802
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,333
and device emails
803
00:38:08,417 --> 00:38:10,500
that belong to the victims
804
00:38:10,584 --> 00:38:14,209
who collaborate
with the California prosecutor's office.
805
00:38:16,709 --> 00:38:19,041
CHRISTOPHER:
It had been changed
a couple of times
806
00:38:19,125 --> 00:38:21,125
Naasón's lawyer Joaquín García,
807
00:38:21,209 --> 00:38:24,834
and now it was in the hands of Alan Jackson,
808
00:38:24,918 --> 00:38:27,500
a world-class defense attorney.
809
00:38:27,584 --> 00:38:31,291
RHONDA: He was the one who defended
successfully to Kevin Spacey
810
00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:33,875
against the accusations
of sexual abuse with a minor.
811
00:38:33,959 --> 00:38:34,834
JOURNALIST
812
00:38:34,918 --> 00:38:37,416
And this has become a judicial fight
813
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:39,041
unprecedented.
814
00:38:39,125 --> 00:38:41,333
CHRISTOPHER:
Particularly specialized
815
00:38:41,417 --> 00:38:43,208
in finding loopholes in the law
816
00:38:43,292 --> 00:38:45,458
where deadlines were violated
817
00:38:45,542 --> 00:38:47,792
and constitutional rights
they were too
818
00:38:47,876 --> 00:38:50,667
in such a way that they result in dismissals.
819
00:38:50,751 --> 00:38:52,958
ALAN JACKSON:
So the answer
to my question:
820
00:38:53,042 --> 00:38:54,875
"Do you have physical evidence
821
00:38:54,959 --> 00:38:57,083
that she sent photos, sir?"
822
00:38:57,167 --> 00:39:00,750
It's: "Yes, I have physical evidence
that she sent a photo",
823
00:39:00,834 --> 00:39:02,250
or: "No, Mr. Jackson,
824
00:39:02,334 --> 00:39:04,083
I personally have no physical evidence.
825
00:39:04,167 --> 00:39:06,333
- that she has them...".
- THOMAS: I, personally,
826
00:39:06,417 --> 00:39:08,583
- I have no physical evidence.
- ALAN: You heard.
827
00:39:08,667 --> 00:39:11,458
JOEL: The defense
he kept asking for delays.
828
00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:13,583
"We need more time, more time."
829
00:39:13,667 --> 00:39:14,916
Welcome.
830
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,166
We have breaking news,
Harvey Weinstein is going to prison.
831
00:39:17,250 --> 00:39:18,875
PRESENTER 1:
The 66-year-old financier...
832
00:39:18,959 --> 00:39:19,999
HEDGE FUND MANAGER
833
00:39:20,083 --> 00:39:21,250
...is accused of directing
an alleged network
834
00:39:21,334 --> 00:39:22,542
sex trafficking.
835
00:39:22,626 --> 00:39:24,500
COVID-19 can be
characterized as a pandemic.
836
00:39:24,584 --> 00:39:25,792
WHO DIRECTOR
837
00:39:25,876 --> 00:39:27,708
PRESENTER 2: A storm
fire broke out in the west.
838
00:39:27,792 --> 00:39:29,542
RHONDA:It's been almost two years
839
00:39:29,626 --> 00:39:31,750
since the presentation
of the initial charges,
840
00:39:31,834 --> 00:39:33,458
and we can imagine what that did
841
00:39:33,542 --> 00:39:35,166
to the survivors
how bravely...
842
00:39:35,250 --> 00:39:36,708
BREAKING NEWS PRESIDENT-ELECT
843
00:39:36,792 --> 00:39:38,750
...they had decided to present themselves
and try to testify.
844
00:39:38,834 --> 00:39:41,041
PRESENTER 3: Joe Biden,
new president of the nation.
845
00:39:41,125 --> 00:39:42,500
PRESENTER: Distribution begins
846
00:39:42,584 --> 00:39:44,416
of the two doses
of Pfizer-BioNTech in the country.
847
00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:46,250
PRESENTER 4:
Donald Trump supporters
848
00:39:46,334 --> 00:39:47,542
they express discontent.
849
00:39:47,626 --> 00:39:49,333
♪ (SUSPENSE MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
850
00:39:49,417 --> 00:39:51,709
NARRATOR: September 16, 2021.
851
00:39:57,584 --> 00:39:59,250
NARRATOR: One day before the judge
852
00:39:59,334 --> 00:40:01,000
set the trial date.
853
00:40:02,083 --> 00:40:03,876
(BIRDS SINGING)
854
00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:14,626
SOCHIL:Tomorrow...
855
00:40:15,834 --> 00:40:18,208
it is a very important day
856
00:40:18,292 --> 00:40:21,166
for the... survivors
from The Light of the World.
857
00:40:21,250 --> 00:40:23,300
HIGH COURT
OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
858
00:40:24,125 --> 00:40:25,626
SOCHIL:Now the court...
859
00:40:27,751 --> 00:40:29,125
offers...
860
00:40:29,209 --> 00:40:30,333
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
861
00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:32,750
...the opportunity
to defense lawyers
862
00:40:32,834 --> 00:40:34,166
of Naason,
863
00:40:34,250 --> 00:40:36,500
and it will give them more time.
864
00:40:36,584 --> 00:40:38,625
And us? And the survivors?
865
00:40:38,709 --> 00:40:41,125
What happens to those of us who show up?
866
00:40:41,209 --> 00:40:43,834
before the authorities
and we did the right thing?
867
00:40:44,626 --> 00:40:46,000
Who will listen to us?
868
00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:02,875
JUDGE RONALD: The matter is now ready.
869
00:41:02,959 --> 00:41:06,458
What I want to do now
is to set the trial date.
870
00:41:06,542 --> 00:41:09,041
ALAN: Obviously,
As the court indicated,
871
00:41:09,125 --> 00:41:11,667
Your calendar is relatively full.
872
00:41:11,751 --> 00:41:13,708
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY
873
00:41:13,792 --> 00:41:17,416
We are going to need time
to review that data.
874
00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:21,166
Not a single point
that the prosecution has told us
875
00:41:21,250 --> 00:41:22,958
about real phones
876
00:41:23,042 --> 00:41:26,291
and underlying data
to these it has been precise.
877
00:41:26,375 --> 00:41:29,667
Nothing they have said
to this court has been exact,
878
00:41:29,751 --> 00:41:33,834
and we are very worried
at this moment for it.
879
00:41:33,918 --> 00:41:35,708
PATRICIA FUSCO: Your honor,
880
00:41:35,792 --> 00:41:37,875
Frankly, the town is at a point
881
00:41:37,959 --> 00:41:41,626
where we would like to get
to the substance of this case
882
00:41:42,167 --> 00:41:44,250
instead...
883
00:41:44,334 --> 00:41:47,458
to let time pass
and allow lawyers
884
00:41:47,542 --> 00:41:49,875
continually try
of fabricating issues...
885
00:41:49,959 --> 00:41:50,999
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
886
00:41:51,083 --> 00:41:52,291
...of discovery
887
00:41:52,375 --> 00:41:54,958
and take this case to trial,
888
00:41:55,042 --> 00:41:59,542
instead of... continuing to have
false accusations
889
00:41:59,626 --> 00:42:02,291
to try to divert attention
890
00:42:02,375 --> 00:42:05,208
of the real facts
of this particular case,
891
00:42:05,292 --> 00:42:07,208
which are overwhelming
892
00:42:07,292 --> 00:42:11,375
and they show guilt
of the accused in this case.
893
00:42:16,292 --> 00:42:18,083
REPORTER 1: The defense
of the church leader
894
00:42:18,167 --> 00:42:20,708
from The Light of the World,
Naasón Joaquín García,
895
00:42:20,792 --> 00:42:23,208
got it postponed once again
896
00:42:23,292 --> 00:42:24,834
the beginning of the trial against him.
897
00:42:24,918 --> 00:42:27,041
REPORTER 2: The lawyers
They presented a motion
898
00:42:27,125 --> 00:42:29,291
where they enforced the accusation
899
00:42:29,375 --> 00:42:32,166
of the appearance of evidence
exculpatory that, until now,
900
00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:36,209
was hiding
the attorney general of the case.
901
00:42:38,792 --> 00:42:40,667
SOCHIL: Today was supposed to
902
00:42:40,751 --> 00:42:42,958
would mark the final step
towards the judgment of Naasón,
903
00:42:43,042 --> 00:42:46,834
and yet, here we are. Your judgment
will be delayed once again.
904
00:42:46,918 --> 00:42:49,792
But more than the delay of a trial
905
00:42:49,876 --> 00:42:52,958
is the delay of justice
of all those people.
906
00:42:53,042 --> 00:42:54,458
The delay of the truth.
907
00:42:54,542 --> 00:42:55,875
The young victims
908
00:42:55,959 --> 00:42:58,416
that they will declare
in the criminal trial of Naasón
909
00:42:58,500 --> 00:43:00,208
They deserve their day in court.
910
00:43:00,292 --> 00:43:02,166
They deserve to come out of the shadow
911
00:43:02,250 --> 00:43:04,416
that this trial has projected on them
912
00:43:04,500 --> 00:43:05,918
for more than two years.
913
00:43:09,125 --> 00:43:10,750
ALETHEA: The reaction you have
914
00:43:10,834 --> 00:43:12,500
about all the survivors
915
00:43:12,584 --> 00:43:14,750
has put our lives on pause
916
00:43:14,834 --> 00:43:17,999
because we are waiting for the verdict
917
00:43:18,083 --> 00:43:20,166
so that our relatives
can open their eyes.
918
00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:21,626
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
919
00:43:23,626 --> 00:43:27,999
LETICIA: I hope Naasón
be... condemned,
920
00:43:28,083 --> 00:43:31,751
let him go to prison,
and pay for what he did.
921
00:43:32,876 --> 00:43:34,958
As well as those who supported him.
922
00:43:35,042 --> 00:43:38,041
I hope, of course, that the congregation
923
00:43:38,125 --> 00:43:39,625
Open your eyes and see who they are.
924
00:43:39,709 --> 00:43:40,834
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
925
00:43:42,584 --> 00:43:45,458
RHONDA: The delaying tactic
seems to be working
926
00:43:45,542 --> 00:43:46,958
in favor of the defense.
927
00:43:47,042 --> 00:43:48,916
The unknown ones...
928
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,500
Will they give up? Are they going to retire?
929
00:43:51,584 --> 00:43:54,416
Will they be tired?
And, of course, the longer it is delayed,
930
00:43:54,500 --> 00:43:57,208
It's better for the team
of defense in general.
931
00:43:57,292 --> 00:44:00,918
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
932
00:44:06,709 --> 00:44:10,500
SOCHIL: I really needed
my personal day at court.
933
00:44:11,584 --> 00:44:15,167
But, unfortunately,
I didn't have that opportunity.
934
00:44:17,083 --> 00:44:21,792
And, luckily, there is a window
for a civil case.
935
00:44:21,876 --> 00:44:25,125
We file the civil lawsuit
of Sochil in February 2020.
936
00:44:25,209 --> 00:44:26,166
LAWYER
937
00:44:26,250 --> 00:44:27,625
PLAINTIFF AGAINST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
938
00:44:27,709 --> 00:44:28,999
DEBORAH: It was important that Sochil
939
00:44:29,083 --> 00:44:32,083
obtained justice
and responsibility
940
00:44:32,167 --> 00:44:34,208
which, in my opinion, deserved,
941
00:44:34,292 --> 00:44:36,500
since she was not involved
personally
942
00:44:36,584 --> 00:44:39,583
in the criminal case against Naasón García.
943
00:44:39,667 --> 00:44:42,291
She also wanted to make known
944
00:44:42,375 --> 00:44:45,583
that it is an organized practice,
945
00:44:45,667 --> 00:44:49,416
implemented by the apostle, the leaders
946
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:51,700
and other individuals
within the organization.
947
00:44:53,292 --> 00:44:56,709
SOCHIL:It was a message
for those who enabled
to Naasón,
948
00:44:58,125 --> 00:45:00,083
that there would be repercussions.
949
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,999
What I wanted was for them to feel
950
00:45:05,083 --> 00:45:07,667
that there was a focus of attention on them.
951
00:45:07,751 --> 00:45:10,458
That they were now being watched.
952
00:45:10,542 --> 00:45:11,458
NARRATOR: Mrs. Martin
953
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:12,916
He tried to flee from The Light of the World.
954
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,958
DEBORAH MALLGRAVE:
Because certain issues
955
00:45:15,042 --> 00:45:18,375
and witnesses agreed
with the criminal process,
956
00:45:18,459 --> 00:45:20,667
essentially we had
to wait our turn
957
00:45:20,751 --> 00:45:23,625
before taking responsibility
to the institution itself
958
00:45:23,709 --> 00:45:25,359
and its leaders, of course.
959
00:45:29,042 --> 00:45:30,916
NARRATOR: On June 3, 2022,
960
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,291
three days before
for the trial to begin
961
00:45:33,375 --> 00:45:35,416
and three years after the arrest
962
00:45:35,500 --> 00:45:37,333
by Naasón Joaquín García,
963
00:45:37,417 --> 00:45:40,166
the prosecution lawyers
and defense
964
00:45:40,250 --> 00:45:42,708
they reach a plea agreement.
965
00:45:42,792 --> 00:45:45,250
REPORTER: Naasón Joaquín García
966
00:45:45,334 --> 00:45:47,041
has been convicted of sexual crimes
967
00:45:47,125 --> 00:45:49,083
related to underage girls
968
00:45:49,167 --> 00:45:50,166
few days before
969
00:45:50,250 --> 00:45:52,041
from when it began
his trial in Los Angeles.
970
00:45:52,125 --> 00:45:53,792
García pleaded guilty to three charges
971
00:45:53,876 --> 00:45:54,875
those he faced.
972
00:45:54,959 --> 00:45:56,125
CHURCH LEADER CONVICTED
973
00:45:56,209 --> 00:45:57,500
And this happens, Jorge,
974
00:45:57,584 --> 00:46:00,333
less than 72 hours
from the beginning of his trial.
975
00:46:00,417 --> 00:46:01,999
Garcia pleaded guilty
976
00:46:02,083 --> 00:46:03,834
of the accusations brought against him,
977
00:46:03,918 --> 00:46:06,500
and this would prevent the start
of the judicial process.
978
00:46:06,584 --> 00:46:08,500
CARMEN MARQUEZ: The victims
They feel betrayed.
979
00:46:08,584 --> 00:46:10,291
They think that the statement
of guilt...
980
00:46:10,375 --> 00:46:11,500
JUDGE CONDENTS MEGACHURCH HEAD
981
00:46:11,584 --> 00:46:13,375
...it is an attack on justice
and that García,
982
00:46:13,459 --> 00:46:14,416
who abused them,
983
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:16,350
I could go back to the streets one day.
984
00:46:20,542 --> 00:46:22,916
JOEY: Yesterday afternoon
the unknown five
985
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,291
were contacted
by a prosecutor's office.
986
00:46:25,375 --> 00:46:26,458
LAWYER FOR FORMER LLDM MEMBERS
987
00:46:26,542 --> 00:46:27,792
And they were told that Naason
988
00:46:27,876 --> 00:46:30,125
had agreed to plead guilty.
989
00:46:30,209 --> 00:46:32,167
Which was a total surprise.
990
00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,250
Over the last two years
991
00:46:37,334 --> 00:46:39,792
that preceded this trial,
the unknown ones
992
00:46:39,876 --> 00:46:41,875
they had received multiple assurances
993
00:46:41,959 --> 00:46:43,250
by the prosecution...
994
00:46:43,334 --> 00:46:44,416
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
995
00:46:44,500 --> 00:46:46,250
...that at no time
they would offer to Naason
996
00:46:46,334 --> 00:46:47,583
a plea deal
997
00:46:47,667 --> 00:46:50,041
and that he would be forced
to have a trial against him.
998
00:46:50,125 --> 00:46:51,500
CENTRAL APPEARANCE COURTS
999
00:46:51,584 --> 00:46:53,375
JOEY: The California Constitution
1000
00:46:53,459 --> 00:46:55,916
guarantees victims of sexual abuse
1001
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,500
the opportunity to listen and discuss
1002
00:46:57,584 --> 00:46:59,333
the terms
of a plea agreement
1003
00:46:59,417 --> 00:47:01,709
before it is offered to the accused.
1004
00:47:03,626 --> 00:47:06,125
This was not at all the case here.
1005
00:47:09,417 --> 00:47:13,667
Naason originally had
19 charges against him.
1006
00:47:13,751 --> 00:47:15,999
The prosecution offered him
plead guilty
1007
00:47:16,083 --> 00:47:19,291
of three of those 19 charges,
1008
00:47:19,375 --> 00:47:21,500
possibly the three most minor charges
1009
00:47:21,584 --> 00:47:23,334
who came against him.
1010
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:27,834
The prosecutors
They had made a fatal mistake
1011
00:47:27,918 --> 00:47:29,875
and they did not provide key evidence
1012
00:47:29,959 --> 00:47:32,750
to which the accused were entitled.
1013
00:47:32,834 --> 00:47:34,208
And they were afraid
1014
00:47:34,292 --> 00:47:36,750
for Naasón's lawyer to appeal
1015
00:47:36,834 --> 00:47:39,333
and get the case
was dismissed
1016
00:47:39,417 --> 00:47:41,125
due to a procedural technicality.
1017
00:47:45,375 --> 00:47:46,792
In my experience
1018
00:47:46,876 --> 00:47:48,542
based on the presentation of these cases
1019
00:47:48,626 --> 00:47:51,583
There is a difference in the way...
1020
00:47:51,667 --> 00:47:52,916
in which certain victims
1021
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:54,834
They are dealt with in this judicial system.
1022
00:47:54,918 --> 00:47:57,834
UNITED STATES COURT
1023
00:47:57,918 --> 00:48:01,792
JOEY: I think the terms
of the plea agreement
1024
00:48:01,876 --> 00:48:03,166
they would have been different
1025
00:48:03,250 --> 00:48:05,584
if these were five white girls,
1026
00:48:06,584 --> 00:48:08,584
instead of five Latin American girls.
1027
00:48:11,209 --> 00:48:13,416
NARRATOR:Day of the sentence.
1028
00:48:13,500 --> 00:48:16,959
LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT
1029
00:48:21,834 --> 00:48:23,375
JOEY: What will happen now
1030
00:48:23,459 --> 00:48:25,542
there will be a sentencing hearing
1031
00:48:25,626 --> 00:48:28,375
and the unknown will have the opportunity
1032
00:48:28,459 --> 00:48:30,958
of reading a statement
victim impact
1033
00:48:31,042 --> 00:48:33,125
to Naasón and request the judge
1034
00:48:33,209 --> 00:48:35,509
reconsider the terms
of the declaration.
1035
00:48:36,626 --> 00:48:41,584
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
1036
00:49:08,709 --> 00:49:11,166
UNKNOWN 4:
I am overwhelmed with emotion
1037
00:49:11,250 --> 00:49:12,667
by being here today.
1038
00:49:13,500 --> 00:49:15,916
I want to start by saying clearly
1039
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:20,792
that Naason and this church
They have ruined my life.
1040
00:49:21,626 --> 00:49:23,876
Every aspect of her.
1041
00:49:24,959 --> 00:49:27,708
Everything I had known
It was the church.
1042
00:49:27,792 --> 00:49:29,250
(SOBBING)
1043
00:49:29,334 --> 00:49:31,125
It was my whole life,
1044
00:49:31,209 --> 00:49:35,250
and Naasón took advantage of me
in every way possible.
1045
00:49:37,209 --> 00:49:39,625
He used my innocence
1046
00:49:39,709 --> 00:49:41,708
and he brought me to his house...
1047
00:49:41,792 --> 00:49:43,041
(SOBBING)
1048
00:49:43,125 --> 00:49:45,667
...to make me his property.
1049
00:49:45,751 --> 00:49:48,250
Those were his words.
1050
00:49:48,334 --> 00:49:51,083
I was at their mercy
for everything I wanted,
1051
00:49:51,167 --> 00:49:52,583
and he used that
1052
00:49:52,667 --> 00:49:55,208
to become his sex slave.
1053
00:49:55,292 --> 00:49:57,125
And I had to remain silent...
1054
00:49:57,209 --> 00:49:58,083
(CRY)
1055
00:49:58,167 --> 00:50:00,792
...because it was a sacrificial lamb
1056
00:50:00,876 --> 00:50:03,042
which was taken to the slaughterhouse.
1057
00:50:04,417 --> 00:50:06,583
I was raped
1058
00:50:06,667 --> 00:50:09,250
and abused day after day.
1059
00:50:10,167 --> 00:50:12,459
Every day for years.
1060
00:50:14,626 --> 00:50:16,542
Do you remember
1061
00:50:16,626 --> 00:50:19,208
when I wanted...
1062
00:50:19,292 --> 00:50:21,751
I will take my little sister...
1063
00:50:23,500 --> 00:50:25,959
so that he could rape her too?
1064
00:50:27,959 --> 00:50:29,334
I told him...
1065
00:50:30,584 --> 00:50:32,542
who was only 14 years old.
1066
00:50:32,626 --> 00:50:35,792
(CRY)
1067
00:50:35,876 --> 00:50:37,625
Do you really remember
1068
00:50:37,709 --> 00:50:40,375
what did you tell me?
1069
00:50:40,459 --> 00:50:44,250
Do you remember that you told me that I should
have brought it to you before?
1070
00:50:49,542 --> 00:50:52,166
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1071
00:50:52,250 --> 00:50:54,083
STRANGER 2: You and your cleaners
1072
00:50:54,167 --> 00:50:56,834
they used the Bible as a weapon
for their blackmail.
1073
00:50:57,542 --> 00:50:58,708
They took advantage
1074
00:50:58,792 --> 00:51:00,750
of the saddest vulnerabilities.
1075
00:51:00,834 --> 00:51:04,166
They used my father's absence as a weapon
1076
00:51:04,250 --> 00:51:05,291
in my life...
1077
00:51:05,375 --> 00:51:06,333
(SOBBING)
1078
00:51:06,417 --> 00:51:08,999
...and they used it against me.
1079
00:51:09,083 --> 00:51:14,416
You told me it was
my father and my protection.
1080
00:51:14,500 --> 00:51:17,459
And right after saying that, he raped me.
1081
00:51:19,334 --> 00:51:22,834
Naasón, I want you to hear my voice.
1082
00:51:23,751 --> 00:51:26,834
He destroyed me and took everything from me.
1083
00:51:29,042 --> 00:51:30,958
It hurt my life
1084
00:51:31,042 --> 00:51:33,458
and changed forever
my perception of reality.
1085
00:51:33,542 --> 00:51:37,041
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1086
00:51:37,125 --> 00:51:39,500
STRANGER 3: Forgive me if I stutter,
1087
00:51:40,667 --> 00:51:44,083
forgive me because I am
very nervous right now.
1088
00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:47,083
I'm going to read a part of my entry
1089
00:51:47,167 --> 00:51:49,291
from my old diary.
1090
00:51:49,375 --> 00:51:53,125
And it is dated
on September 11, 2018.
1091
00:51:54,584 --> 00:51:56,542
"Today I had a nervous breakdown.
1092
00:51:56,626 --> 00:51:58,459
(SOBBING)
1093
00:51:59,042 --> 00:52:00,751
I'm still suffering.
1094
00:52:04,459 --> 00:52:07,500
My mother blames me
of everything that happened...
1095
00:52:08,375 --> 00:52:10,375
with Naasón.
1096
00:52:10,459 --> 00:52:12,876
Our parents will never believe us.
1097
00:52:15,751 --> 00:52:19,167
But above all
because that was a blessing.
1098
00:52:20,292 --> 00:52:23,375
And this didn't make any sense to me.
1099
00:52:23,459 --> 00:52:25,209
I was only 15 years old."
1100
00:52:31,083 --> 00:52:32,708
UNKNOWN 5: When you discovered
1101
00:52:32,792 --> 00:52:35,999
that there was a possibility
that he spoke against you,
1102
00:52:36,083 --> 00:52:38,000
you made your men,
1103
00:52:39,292 --> 00:52:41,500
your loyal church officials
1104
00:52:41,584 --> 00:52:43,708
they will kidnap me in Mexico,
1105
00:52:43,792 --> 00:52:45,708
and you kept me under armed guard
1106
00:52:45,792 --> 00:52:47,042
24 hours a day.
1107
00:52:47,584 --> 00:52:48,916
For months
1108
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:51,375
I lived in constant fear
of being murdered.
1109
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,083
It tasted very good
1110
00:52:56,167 --> 00:52:59,750
that all members
from The Light of the World
1111
00:52:59,834 --> 00:53:01,416
they would do anything to protect him.
1112
00:53:01,500 --> 00:53:03,834
Even if it meant killing me.
1113
00:53:03,918 --> 00:53:06,458
His power extended so much in Jalisco
1114
00:53:06,542 --> 00:53:10,041
that even the FBI fought to rescue me.
1115
00:53:10,125 --> 00:53:13,416
And I was just lucky
from being rescued by the FBI
1116
00:53:13,500 --> 00:53:17,834
because I am an American citizen.
1117
00:53:17,918 --> 00:53:20,708
And I can't even imagine
what would have happened
1118
00:53:20,792 --> 00:53:22,042
if it weren't.
1119
00:53:23,292 --> 00:53:25,041
People wonder,
1120
00:53:25,125 --> 00:53:26,834
if there are so many victims,
1121
00:53:26,918 --> 00:53:29,667
why then has no one spoken?
1122
00:53:29,751 --> 00:53:31,667
It's because everyone knows
1123
00:53:31,751 --> 00:53:34,208
the high price that must be paid
1124
00:53:34,292 --> 00:53:35,959
for speaking against him.
1125
00:53:37,542 --> 00:53:41,250
All the loneliness, all the shame,
1126
00:53:42,542 --> 00:53:46,083
it is the worst torture
a person can experience.
1127
00:53:48,459 --> 00:53:51,458
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1128
00:53:51,542 --> 00:53:53,875
STRANGER 1: Your honor,
1129
00:53:53,959 --> 00:53:56,083
we are not satisfied
1130
00:53:56,167 --> 00:53:58,250
with this allegation.
1131
00:53:58,334 --> 00:54:01,166
Everyone has attended
this pedophile's desire
1132
00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:02,500
his whole life.
1133
00:54:03,417 --> 00:54:05,416
The church adores him.
1134
00:54:05,500 --> 00:54:07,333
The Mexican government venerates him
1135
00:54:07,417 --> 00:54:10,209
and covered his actions
criminals for years.
1136
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:12,500
Our only hope
1137
00:54:12,584 --> 00:54:14,166
it was the United States judicial system
1138
00:54:14,250 --> 00:54:16,250
and now this one has also failed us.
1139
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,417
Please, your honor,
1140
00:54:20,375 --> 00:54:22,999
you are the first authority of life
1141
00:54:23,083 --> 00:54:25,209
who will face this predator.
1142
00:54:26,417 --> 00:54:28,667
Give him the extra four years
1143
00:54:28,751 --> 00:54:30,999
that his sentence allows him.
1144
00:54:31,083 --> 00:54:33,125
Give him the gift of four more years
1145
00:54:33,209 --> 00:54:35,333
to reflect on their actions.
1146
00:54:35,417 --> 00:54:37,500
Give us four more years of peace.
1147
00:54:38,667 --> 00:54:40,458
Give to the children of La Luz del Mundo
1148
00:54:40,542 --> 00:54:42,626
four more years of security. (SOBBING)
1149
00:54:44,125 --> 00:54:45,500
Thank you.
1150
00:54:50,500 --> 00:54:53,291
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
1151
00:54:53,375 --> 00:54:54,999
NARRATOR: No one should
buy justice.
1152
00:54:55,083 --> 00:54:57,751
JUDGE RONALD: I have been a judge
for a long time.
1153
00:54:58,542 --> 00:54:59,875
It is in my thirty-eighth year.
1154
00:54:59,959 --> 00:55:02,125
JUDGE RONALD COEN - COURT
SUPERIOR LOS ANGELES
1155
00:55:02,209 --> 00:55:03,416
And it won't let me...
1156
00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:07,834
to astonish, to marvel
what some people do
1157
00:55:08,918 --> 00:55:10,292
in the name of religion.
1158
00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:16,041
And how lives are ruined with the excuse
1159
00:55:16,125 --> 00:55:17,959
to serve a supreme being.
1160
00:55:21,334 --> 00:55:22,959
As for the unknown ones...
1161
00:55:25,167 --> 00:55:26,500
at this point...
1162
00:55:27,292 --> 00:55:29,876
I apologize, my hands are tied.
1163
00:55:30,751 --> 00:55:33,250
Lawyers do what they do
1164
00:55:33,334 --> 00:55:35,291
and that has always been known.
1165
00:55:35,375 --> 00:55:38,167
But I want to tell you
to the unknown...
1166
00:55:41,584 --> 00:55:44,334
that the world heard them.
1167
00:55:46,250 --> 00:55:47,751
And I can assure you.
1168
00:55:49,834 --> 00:55:52,209
Regarding the members
of families...
1169
00:55:53,584 --> 00:55:56,334
who have abandoned these girls...
1170
00:55:57,876 --> 00:55:59,250
Shame!
1171
00:55:59,334 --> 00:56:00,667
What a shame!
1172
00:56:00,751 --> 00:56:04,500
(STRANGERS SOB)
1173
00:56:04,584 --> 00:56:07,083
And as for the accused, I'll just say...
1174
00:56:08,125 --> 00:56:10,416
who is a sexual predator.
1175
00:56:10,500 --> 00:56:12,959
(STRANGERS CRY)
1176
00:56:14,334 --> 00:56:16,208
In this case, it is denied
1177
00:56:16,292 --> 00:56:18,041
parole. The accused has
1178
00:56:18,125 --> 00:56:20,834
a prison sentence
16 years and eight months old.
1179
00:56:20,918 --> 00:56:22,125
The session is adjourned.
1180
00:56:22,209 --> 00:56:27,709
♪ (HOPEFUL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
1181
00:56:43,125 --> 00:56:44,416
Good afternoon.
1182
00:56:44,500 --> 00:56:45,916
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1183
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,209
My name is Joel Silva Orozco.
1184
00:56:49,918 --> 00:56:53,166
And I'm a former member.
from the Light of the World church
1185
00:56:53,250 --> 00:56:55,250
fourth generation.
1186
00:56:56,751 --> 00:56:58,916
Today,
1187
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:04,667
we expected to be vindicated
by California justice.
1188
00:57:06,959 --> 00:57:08,334
The victims
1189
00:57:09,626 --> 00:57:11,626
They put their lives at risk.
1190
00:57:13,792 --> 00:57:16,625
HECTOR: Naasón is a criminal.
1191
00:57:16,709 --> 00:57:18,500
He is a sexual predator.
1192
00:57:18,584 --> 00:57:19,667
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1193
00:57:19,751 --> 00:57:22,250
And what they have done
with the victims on this day
1194
00:57:22,334 --> 00:57:23,625
It's a mockery.
1195
00:57:23,709 --> 00:57:25,083
It's a mockery!
1196
00:57:28,626 --> 00:57:31,751
JOEY: The five strangers
They showed up...
1197
00:57:33,375 --> 00:57:34,999
under circumstances
1198
00:57:35,083 --> 00:57:38,125
in which it was almost impossible
speak your truth.
1199
00:57:38,209 --> 00:57:39,834
They have asked me...
1200
00:57:39,918 --> 00:57:41,458
LAWYER FOR FORMER LLDM MEMBERS
1201
00:57:41,542 --> 00:57:43,583
...to ask any of you,
1202
00:57:43,667 --> 00:57:46,041
to anyone who has been
abused by this church.
1203
00:57:46,125 --> 00:57:50,125
Anyone who has been abused
for Naason, for his father,
1204
00:57:50,959 --> 00:57:52,625
for his grandfather,
1205
00:57:52,709 --> 00:57:55,708
or anyone involved in this church,
1206
00:57:55,792 --> 00:57:58,626
Let him show up and talk.
1207
00:57:59,500 --> 00:58:01,125
Unity is strength.
1208
00:58:01,209 --> 00:58:03,333
And the more people talk
1209
00:58:03,417 --> 00:58:05,958
of these horrors and atrocities,
1210
00:58:06,042 --> 00:58:08,167
we can put an end to them once and for all.
1211
00:58:13,667 --> 00:58:14,834
DEBORAH:What we know
1212
00:58:14,918 --> 00:58:17,875
is that the office
of the state attorney general
1213
00:58:17,959 --> 00:58:20,375
accused him of, at that time,
1214
00:58:20,459 --> 00:58:23,042
more than 19 charges, and they are charges such as:
1215
00:58:23,834 --> 00:58:24,916
child pornography...
1216
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:26,083
SOCHIL LAWYER
1217
00:58:26,167 --> 00:58:27,250
...forced rape,
1218
00:58:27,334 --> 00:58:28,625
lewd acts with minors,
1219
00:58:28,709 --> 00:58:30,916
oral copulation, human trafficking.
1220
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:34,125
Ultimately,
which led to a sentence
1221
00:58:34,209 --> 00:58:36,916
16 years and eight months old.
1222
00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:39,584
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1223
00:58:41,959 --> 00:58:43,999
DEBORAH: To put it in perspective,
1224
00:58:44,083 --> 00:58:45,667
Keith Raniere,
1225
00:58:45,751 --> 00:58:48,334
head of the NXIVM sect obtained 120 years.
1226
00:58:50,292 --> 00:58:53,958
Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein
1227
00:58:54,042 --> 00:58:56,750
to bring minors
so that he could attack them,
1228
00:58:56,834 --> 00:58:59,584
and recently received twenty years.
1229
00:59:00,542 --> 00:59:04,208
And here we have Naasón García,
1230
00:59:04,292 --> 00:59:06,583
the head of one of the largest
religious sects
1231
00:59:06,667 --> 00:59:08,209
of our time,
1232
00:59:09,042 --> 00:59:12,208
who has abused
1233
00:59:12,292 --> 00:59:14,416
of countless children and people...
1234
00:59:14,500 --> 00:59:16,667
It's a fucking nightmare.
1235
00:59:16,751 --> 00:59:21,334
...and will have a sentence
16 years, eight months.
1236
00:59:22,334 --> 00:59:27,751
♪ (MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
1237
00:59:29,834 --> 00:59:32,166
BISHOP: Today marks three years
1238
00:59:32,250 --> 00:59:34,250
of his unjust detention.
1239
00:59:35,834 --> 00:59:37,834
The apostle of Jesus Christ
1240
00:59:37,918 --> 00:59:39,708
accepted an agreement
1241
00:59:39,792 --> 00:59:41,542
so that, at a certain moment...
1242
00:59:41,626 --> 00:59:43,125
COUNCIL OF BISHOPS OF THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
1243
00:59:43,209 --> 00:59:46,209
...to meet again
with his church.
1244
00:59:48,626 --> 00:59:53,083
The judgment of the apostle
It wouldn't be a fair trial.
1245
00:59:53,167 --> 00:59:55,333
because, as we know,
1246
00:59:55,417 --> 00:59:57,916
they manipulated and truncated evidence.
1247
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:00,667
They denied the presentation of evidence
1248
01:00:00,751 --> 01:00:03,500
that prove their innocence,
1249
01:00:05,918 --> 01:00:08,708
tying his hands like this,
1250
01:00:08,792 --> 01:00:11,000
and covering his mouth to defend himself.
1251
01:00:12,375 --> 01:00:15,500
We have waited for you during that time,
1252
01:00:15,584 --> 01:00:19,959
and now we will wait
his return with greater vehemence.
1253
01:00:23,500 --> 01:00:26,958
Today we have a certain date
of his return,
1254
01:00:27,042 --> 01:00:29,125
maximum a decade,
1255
01:00:29,209 --> 01:00:32,416
although there is a possibility
of future benefits,
1256
01:00:32,500 --> 01:00:36,375
and on that date,
We will meet again.
1257
01:00:41,375 --> 01:00:43,333
MARA LOPEZ:
Because we all know, we,
1258
01:00:43,417 --> 01:00:45,583
those of us who really believe in him,
1259
01:00:45,667 --> 01:00:48,291
that he is an honorable person,
1260
01:00:48,375 --> 01:00:49,500
innocent
1261
01:00:51,709 --> 01:00:53,542
GUADALUPE CAMPUZANO: He was not guilty.
1262
01:00:53,626 --> 01:00:56,166
The apostle of Jesus Christ
He is an honorable man.
1263
01:00:56,250 --> 01:00:57,792
NICOLE VALDES: Okay.
with the members,
1264
01:00:57,876 --> 01:00:59,333
nothing will change with the construction
1265
01:00:59,417 --> 01:01:00,458
of its new location.
1266
01:01:00,542 --> 01:01:01,834
And here behind me he continues to advance.
1267
01:01:01,918 --> 01:01:03,168
ACCUSED OF RAPING GIRLS
1268
01:01:05,083 --> 01:01:06,834
LLDM MEMBER: God is going to give...
1269
01:01:06,918 --> 01:01:08,875
He is going to give victory to his holy apostle.
1270
01:01:08,959 --> 01:01:09,916
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
1271
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:12,291
And the church of La Luz del Mundo
It's going to grow.
1272
01:01:12,375 --> 01:01:14,709
It will grow because it is from God.
1273
01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:22,458
RHONDA: We have tried
by all means
1274
01:01:22,542 --> 01:01:23,750
start a dialogue
1275
01:01:23,834 --> 01:01:25,834
with the leaders of the church.
1276
01:01:25,918 --> 01:01:28,918
They have maintained
the innocence of the apostle
1277
01:01:29,751 --> 01:01:31,042
the three years.
1278
01:01:34,834 --> 01:01:37,208
Why do leaders
Don't they talk about the church?
1279
01:01:37,292 --> 01:01:39,834
Could you tell us why you still believe
1280
01:01:39,918 --> 01:01:41,083
in this apostle?
1281
01:01:41,167 --> 01:01:44,208
Are you planning your own
internal investigation?
1282
01:01:44,292 --> 01:01:45,500
Why not?
1283
01:01:45,584 --> 01:01:47,500
Those are clearly questions.
1284
01:01:47,584 --> 01:01:49,750
difficult for them to answer.
1285
01:01:49,834 --> 01:01:52,626
NARRATOR: He accepted a plea,
damn coward.
1286
01:01:53,125 --> 01:01:54,291
Disappointed.
1287
01:01:54,375 --> 01:01:57,041
Naasón Joaquín García
He is a dangerous criminal!
1288
01:01:57,125 --> 01:02:00,375
I hope more people wake up
at once and present itself.
1289
01:02:00,459 --> 01:02:04,250
And now is the time
to stand up and fight.
1290
01:02:04,334 --> 01:02:07,792
KEILA: To those who, like me,
They've always had that feeling
1291
01:02:07,876 --> 01:02:10,458
from: "I don't like this,
This is not right"...
1292
01:02:10,542 --> 01:02:11,667
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1293
01:02:11,751 --> 01:02:14,792
...I would like you to know
they are right.
1294
01:02:14,876 --> 01:02:18,208
And what was done to them,
Nobody had the right to do it.
1295
01:02:18,292 --> 01:02:20,667
So I would like
that they know that they are not alone.
1296
01:02:20,751 --> 01:02:24,292
What are... some of us who...
1297
01:02:25,209 --> 01:02:26,459
we are...
1298
01:02:28,584 --> 01:02:30,334
trying to take on this battle...
1299
01:02:32,042 --> 01:02:35,416
to bring the truth to light...
1300
01:02:35,500 --> 01:02:38,375
for them. (INHALE)
1301
01:02:38,459 --> 01:02:39,876
I wish your healing...
1302
01:02:41,542 --> 01:02:44,709
which is very difficult. (INHALE)
1303
01:02:46,083 --> 01:02:47,542
Because it turns out that it is...
1304
01:02:48,959 --> 01:02:51,584
as if it still heals. Yes.
1305
01:03:00,083 --> 01:03:01,916
LETICIA: There are many more good people here,
1306
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,458
in the world, than what is in that sect.
1307
01:03:06,542 --> 01:03:09,250
If you know this is a cult,
1308
01:03:09,334 --> 01:03:11,166
you understand it and it is very clear,
It's better that you go.
1309
01:03:11,250 --> 01:03:12,333
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1310
01:03:12,417 --> 01:03:15,918
And flee for your life if you want to be free.
1311
01:03:17,292 --> 01:03:19,042
You will find happiness.
1312
01:03:21,292 --> 01:03:24,083
JOEL: We don't wait
that the church suffers damage.
1313
01:03:25,292 --> 01:03:27,708
Actually, one
of my wild dreams...
1314
01:03:27,792 --> 01:03:28,708
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1315
01:03:28,792 --> 01:03:30,592
...it would be for the church to reform
1316
01:03:31,375 --> 01:03:32,958
and converted this church
1317
01:03:33,042 --> 01:03:34,792
in an authentic Christian church,
1318
01:03:35,417 --> 01:03:36,375
for benefit
1319
01:03:36,459 --> 01:03:38,166
of those who have been working very hard
1320
01:03:38,250 --> 01:03:40,166
to build it.
1321
01:03:40,250 --> 01:03:43,083
Break that cycle and convert your community
1322
01:03:43,167 --> 01:03:45,125
in a place of refuge for people.
1323
01:03:45,209 --> 01:03:48,500
Not a place for abuse
and exploitation.
1324
01:03:54,500 --> 01:03:56,333
ALETHEA: My family members
1325
01:03:56,417 --> 01:03:57,542
they are still in the church.
1326
01:03:57,626 --> 01:03:59,709
All except one of my sisters.
1327
01:04:01,209 --> 01:04:03,792
My parents are still in the ministry.
1328
01:04:04,626 --> 01:04:06,416
I chose to show my face.
1329
01:04:06,500 --> 01:04:08,167
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1330
01:04:09,792 --> 01:04:11,125
Especially because...
1331
01:04:12,459 --> 01:04:15,709
I want my family back.
1332
01:04:17,667 --> 01:04:21,834
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
1333
01:04:21,918 --> 01:04:24,875
ALETHEA: I wish I could talk to them,
1334
01:04:24,959 --> 01:04:27,751
visit them and hug them.
1335
01:04:28,459 --> 01:04:30,916
The world is a beautiful place.
1336
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:33,834
It's not what we were taught it was.
1337
01:04:34,375 --> 01:04:36,083
It's so beautiful.
1338
01:04:36,876 --> 01:04:39,458
And I'm finally experiencing it.
1339
01:04:39,542 --> 01:04:43,291
(SOBBING) I feel the same as...
1340
01:04:43,375 --> 01:04:46,708
a teenager (LAUGHS)
I feel so young.
1341
01:04:46,792 --> 01:04:50,375
♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1342
01:04:50,459 --> 01:04:53,708
ALETHEA: (SOBBING) There are people
extraordinary in the world,
1343
01:04:53,792 --> 01:04:56,542
with a big heart. (SOBBING)
1344
01:04:59,250 --> 01:05:01,458
The apostles did not teach them,
1345
01:05:01,542 --> 01:05:03,876
and they continue to have great values,
1346
01:05:04,667 --> 01:05:06,000
sometimes even...
1347
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:08,250
better.
1348
01:05:09,834 --> 01:05:11,959
I'm starting my life...
1349
01:05:12,918 --> 01:05:13,959
to...
1350
01:05:16,042 --> 01:05:17,583
middle age.
1351
01:05:17,667 --> 01:05:19,417
Now I'm living.
1352
01:05:20,167 --> 01:05:25,334
(BIRDS SINGING)
1353
01:05:29,542 --> 01:05:31,918
HECTOR:In the year... 2003.
1354
01:05:33,083 --> 01:05:34,250
In 2003.
1355
01:05:34,334 --> 01:05:36,209
I opened up to my family.
1356
01:05:37,042 --> 01:05:39,333
And they accepted me.
1357
01:05:39,417 --> 01:05:42,458
Of five children,
Four are with me, right?
1358
01:05:42,542 --> 01:05:43,458
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1359
01:05:43,542 --> 01:05:45,125
I think it is more than 50%.
1360
01:05:45,209 --> 01:05:47,041
(CELEBRATION GROUP)
1361
01:05:47,125 --> 01:05:50,334
- (INDISTINCT VOICES)
- ♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
1362
01:05:52,542 --> 01:05:55,125
HECTOR: In The Light of the World
They condemn you for everything.
1363
01:05:55,209 --> 01:05:57,209
Everything, everything condemns you.
1364
01:05:59,542 --> 01:06:01,459
Right? And, well, I tell you...
1365
01:06:02,250 --> 01:06:03,208
(LAUGH)
1366
01:06:03,292 --> 01:06:05,092
HECTOR: "I'm living my life."
1367
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:10,125
I'm so transparent
What I'm telling you:
1368
01:06:10,500 --> 01:06:13,375
"I'm gay,
1369
01:06:13,459 --> 01:06:16,459
I accept my lifestyle. I am happy.
1370
01:06:17,959 --> 01:06:19,667
Let me be as I am.
1371
01:06:27,584 --> 01:06:29,667
The love of Christ is greater
1372
01:06:29,751 --> 01:06:31,625
may our thoughts,
1373
01:06:31,709 --> 01:06:33,626
right? And bigger than everything.
1374
01:06:35,167 --> 01:06:37,292
If he created us, let's leave it to God...
1375
01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:39,959
the last word.
1376
01:06:41,125 --> 01:06:45,958
HECTOR: You are a gift
of my God. My beautiful love.
1377
01:06:46,042 --> 01:06:50,959
- You are my everything.
- (CROWD CELEBRATE, APPLAUSE)
1378
01:06:54,667 --> 01:06:56,708
JEMIMA VERA: If we live in a lie,
1379
01:06:56,792 --> 01:06:58,083
so be it.
1380
01:06:58,167 --> 01:07:00,999
And life is not perfect,
1381
01:07:01,083 --> 01:07:04,333
but it's your chance to restart,
1382
01:07:04,417 --> 01:07:07,208
to reinvent yourself, to revive,
1383
01:07:07,292 --> 01:07:08,708
because there is no going back.
1384
01:07:08,792 --> 01:07:12,750
♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1385
01:07:12,834 --> 01:07:16,375
JEMIMA: They lied to us. We were used,
1386
01:07:16,459 --> 01:07:19,417
and now I just want God
Help us all.
1387
01:07:26,375 --> 01:07:30,417
ANNA: I didn't know what it was
abused until recently.
1388
01:07:31,667 --> 01:07:34,958
So, come to this understanding
1389
01:07:35,042 --> 01:07:37,916
that I am a victim...
1390
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,751
it has been very exhausting.
1391
01:07:42,375 --> 01:07:46,958
And what helps me get through this
It's my family, my children.
1392
01:07:47,042 --> 01:07:50,583
Your bright future, my bright future.
1393
01:07:50,667 --> 01:07:53,250
I don't want to focus
in the negative of what happened.
1394
01:07:53,334 --> 01:07:54,375
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1395
01:07:54,459 --> 01:07:57,083
And I don't want that to define me.
1396
01:07:57,167 --> 01:07:59,667
I'm not going to let it drag me down.
1397
01:08:01,209 --> 01:08:05,792
♪ (SOFT MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
1398
01:08:05,876 --> 01:08:07,500
FRANCIS:I was thinking about it,
1399
01:08:07,584 --> 01:08:10,375
do I stay... hidden,
1400
01:08:10,459 --> 01:08:13,333
like all the people who are...
which is from La Luz del Mundo...
1401
01:08:13,417 --> 01:08:14,291
FORMER LLDM MEMBER
1402
01:08:14,375 --> 01:08:16,291
...but he's waiting for the moment
1403
01:08:16,375 --> 01:08:18,626
just to get out?
1404
01:08:19,584 --> 01:08:20,875
Or...
1405
01:08:20,959 --> 01:08:23,918
I take and use what happened to me...
1406
01:08:24,876 --> 01:08:27,875
to raise my voice and so that more people
1407
01:08:27,959 --> 01:08:31,542
realize what's happening
actually in The Light of the World?
1408
01:08:33,042 --> 01:08:37,958
If we as human beings
We don't raise our voices,
1409
01:08:38,042 --> 01:08:42,041
if we as people
that we have rights
1410
01:08:42,125 --> 01:08:44,999
we are not trying to...
1411
01:08:45,083 --> 01:08:48,583
search or push this
for there to be a change,
1412
01:08:48,667 --> 01:08:49,792
This is going to continue happening.
1413
01:08:49,876 --> 01:08:51,792
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
1414
01:08:54,876 --> 01:08:57,291
DEBORAH: Now that Naason
accepted his guilt
1415
01:08:57,375 --> 01:08:59,999
and the criminal case has concluded,
1416
01:09:00,083 --> 01:09:02,250
the case of Sochil
you no longer have to be detained
1417
01:09:02,334 --> 01:09:03,542
and we can continue.
1418
01:09:04,709 --> 01:09:08,375
But what she and others
are waiting now
1419
01:09:08,459 --> 01:09:10,750
it is a federal investigation.
1420
01:09:10,834 --> 01:09:14,333
The idea is that 16 years and eight months
1421
01:09:14,417 --> 01:09:18,083
they are not enough
so that he is behind bars.
1422
01:09:18,167 --> 01:09:21,999
As far as I know, the feds
They are investigating the case,
1423
01:09:22,083 --> 01:09:25,958
but what has to happen
is that other survivors
1424
01:09:26,042 --> 01:09:27,250
they have to show up
1425
01:09:27,334 --> 01:09:30,250
to give information and impulse
1426
01:09:30,334 --> 01:09:32,876
what the case needs
for charges to be filed.
1427
01:09:36,417 --> 01:09:38,834
SHARIM:And let them know...
1428
01:09:38,918 --> 01:09:40,250
we are not going to stop.
1429
01:09:40,334 --> 01:09:41,583
I mean, we're not going to stop
1430
01:09:41,667 --> 01:09:43,250
until we find true justice,
1431
01:09:43,334 --> 01:09:45,416
both in Mexico and the United States,
1432
01:09:45,500 --> 01:09:47,709
which is where they are fighting right now.
1433
01:09:48,667 --> 01:09:50,291
But I know that Sochil is doing more
1434
01:09:50,375 --> 01:09:52,250
that still.
1435
01:09:52,334 --> 01:09:57,041
And that... is changing him
the world to many people.
1436
01:09:57,125 --> 01:10:00,999
It is not something that anyone can do.
1437
01:10:01,083 --> 01:10:03,667
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1438
01:10:03,751 --> 01:10:06,583
But I think there are people
who was born to fight.
1439
01:10:06,667 --> 01:10:09,999
(CAR HORN)
1440
01:10:10,083 --> 01:10:12,041
NARRATOR: Please support and join.
1441
01:10:12,125 --> 01:10:14,458
SOCHIL:Activism
has become everything
for me.
1442
01:10:14,542 --> 01:10:15,792
LET'S KEEP CHILDREN SAFE
1443
01:10:15,876 --> 01:10:17,458
He is a sexual terrorist
1444
01:10:17,542 --> 01:10:19,667
and has done it for years.
1445
01:10:19,751 --> 01:10:21,792
What have they told you from Mexico?
1446
01:10:21,876 --> 01:10:24,458
Yes, the case is advancing in Mexico.
1447
01:10:24,542 --> 01:10:27,458
They are cases of trafficking,
They are cases of sexual abuse
1448
01:10:27,542 --> 01:10:30,209
that existed in Jalisco.
1449
01:10:31,083 --> 01:10:32,875
And since the arrest,
1450
01:10:32,959 --> 01:10:35,958
many other survivors of the sect
1451
01:10:36,042 --> 01:10:38,041
They have found a voice,
1452
01:10:38,125 --> 01:10:40,625
a podcast, rallies,
1453
01:10:40,709 --> 01:10:42,333
and in the end they found
1454
01:10:42,417 --> 01:10:44,291
a way to appear
on social networks.
1455
01:10:44,375 --> 01:10:45,333
SECT STORY TIME
1456
01:10:45,417 --> 01:10:46,875
I was born and raised in this sect
1457
01:10:46,959 --> 01:10:48,416
called the church of La Luz del Mundo.
1458
01:10:48,500 --> 01:10:53,041
And you don't believe how evil
It is this sect in reality.
1459
01:10:53,125 --> 01:10:54,500
For it to be a sect,
1460
01:10:54,584 --> 01:10:56,750
The Light of the World
meets almost all of these.
1461
01:10:56,834 --> 01:10:58,916
NARRATOR:Getting dressed
for special event
in the sect.
1462
01:10:59,000 --> 01:11:00,792
I did it! My first pants.
1463
01:11:00,876 --> 01:11:02,958
TikTok and Youtubers...
1464
01:11:03,042 --> 01:11:04,458
(LAUGHS) ...now they introduce themselves.
1465
01:11:04,542 --> 01:11:06,166
NARRATOR: Brainwashed to believe
1466
01:11:06,250 --> 01:11:09,416
that, if I did not believe, my soul
She was destined for hell.
1467
01:11:09,500 --> 01:11:11,166
Now I am a non-believer.
1468
01:11:11,250 --> 01:11:12,916
I realized it was a cult
1469
01:11:13,000 --> 01:11:14,166
and that they abused me.
1470
01:11:14,250 --> 01:11:15,583
BURNING OF IMAGES OF THE SECT
1471
01:11:15,667 --> 01:11:17,625
SOCHIL: I am very proud
of many of these former members
1472
01:11:17,709 --> 01:11:19,459
from The Light of the World.
1473
01:11:22,334 --> 01:11:25,916
Keeping the voice
and being proud of it.
1474
01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:29,292
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1475
01:11:30,459 --> 01:11:34,291
SOCHIL: This is the beginning
of a great new chapter
1476
01:11:34,375 --> 01:11:36,334
on this journey towards justice.
1477
01:11:40,459 --> 01:11:42,042
We have to work together
1478
01:11:43,626 --> 01:11:45,667
because this has to end.
1479
01:11:50,292 --> 01:11:51,709
And we will fight...
1480
01:11:52,334 --> 01:11:54,250
until the end.
1481
01:11:54,334 --> 01:11:58,125
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
1482
01:11:58,209 --> 01:12:00,333
NARRATOR: The Light of the World
did not accept the request
1483
01:12:00,417 --> 01:12:02,166
to participate in this series
1484
01:12:02,250 --> 01:12:04,584
and did not respond to written questions.
1485
01:12:05,918 --> 01:12:08,041
On October 12, 2022,
1486
01:12:08,125 --> 01:12:11,792
Alondra Ocampo was convicted
to four years in prison.
1487
01:12:11,876 --> 01:12:14,667
After his release,
She and her husband Christopher
1488
01:12:14,751 --> 01:12:17,834
They plan to enter a program
witness protection.
1489
01:12:17,918 --> 01:12:20,375
In response
to a request for comment,
1490
01:12:20,459 --> 01:12:22,916
the five unknown
in the criminal case
1491
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:24,416
from the attorney general of California
1492
01:12:24,500 --> 01:12:27,416
provided the filmmakers
the following statement:
1493
01:12:27,500 --> 01:12:29,542
"We would like the public to know
1494
01:12:29,626 --> 01:12:32,166
that since Naasón Joaquín
Garcia pleaded guilty
1495
01:12:32,250 --> 01:12:34,916
in his criminal case,
his religious followers,
1496
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:37,750
incited by management
from The Light of the World,
1497
01:12:37,834 --> 01:12:40,041
they have continued to harass us, defame us
1498
01:12:40,125 --> 01:12:43,083
and threatening us
and our families.
1499
01:12:43,167 --> 01:12:45,083
We gain nothing by showing our faces.
1500
01:12:45,167 --> 01:12:47,208
We risk everything
for telling our truth
1501
01:12:47,292 --> 01:12:48,750
and we will continue seeking justice
1502
01:12:48,834 --> 01:12:51,458
for us and for other victims."
1503
01:12:51,542 --> 01:12:53,667
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYS) ♪