You cant stand the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera. With its beautiful sandy beaches clear blue waters and lush green surrounds fiji is a tropical paradise. Hot on the other that he was an entourage. But for some it quickly became a kind of hell. I knew as soon as i like step foot it was just not normal that she feels doesnt need woods in the country kid one no one east investigates a secret of cult and joins a father on his desperate bid to rescue his son. That she will night out with friends in downtown salt and something c. C. D. To meet no longer takes for granted. Its a reminder of how close she came to losing her freedom to a mysterious religious sect this church is an evil organization its a cult and i dont want anyone else to go through what i did i have lost it was. Harrowing. It all started in 2011 after her father died of cancer and her mother in aurora giong joined grace road church thats all kind of spiraled when my dad passed really my mother just kind if lost it i was only 13 didnt really know how to take care of my mother i was. Like so heartbroken over with all. Of this would have happened if. One you know cecilias mother became captivated by the sermons of. The charismatic founder of the church who donna more than even 100. 00 russians at some coverage. Under. The one rung of. My mother was just kind of saying a lot of things like the doctors implanting like things into. Chips microchips that are chips. And like was or people lizard people like just the thought of conspiracy theories she kept talking about revelations like the end of the world. Germs day. In preparation for doomsday to decided to move her children followers to the South Pacific island of fiji. And 2014 to celias mother and now its she wanted to move there too we made a deal we made a promise that i would go with her. To help or settle and. And i would stay there for 2 weeks. Her mother and the rest of her family were among the 1st of more than 400 grace road followers to move to fiji. While she was there celia witnessed some of shocked juicer men. What was that like the tournaments it was weird. Not my cup of tea a lot of wheeling a lot of shouting she would. Verbally abuse a lot of people. Call the names. Awful names and like what i think liar. Or things like that. Which is not normal for a Church Service obviously and i was. Taken aback. When it came time for cecilia to leave Church Members tried to convince her to stay but she refused she couldnt wait to get home i actually started packing like the day before and when i went. You know pack my computer my laptop it was gone i realized my passport was gone that when you started to panic. Yeah i was panicking a lot i was screaming for help. Cecilia ran onto the road flag down a passing police car and fled to the korean embassy. Officials issued her emergency passport she managed to fly back to school even after her mother cancelled her original plane ticket what happened when you came back to korea so when i was in fiji the whole time i didnt realize this but my mother saw everything. No money. No house my entire family their houses. So i had literally nowhere to go. With the help of friends cecilia slowly began rebuilding her life in south korea she started a go fund me page to raise money to start over. But she soon became a target for online vitriol from Church Members including her own mother. I do not think of her as my daughter any longer she who does not listen to my words and goes against god doesnt make it feel to me this. And theres words. And i dont know me and i am much happier without them if i live. To syria has not spoken to her mother in more than 3 years and if that make you feel to lose your mother to a cult i realize she is a lost cause but i just it wasnt healthy for me to keep time i saw it just let her go its its no use keeping in touch with her. Cecilia isnt the only one to lose a loved one to grace wrote. About 4 hours from saul on a farm near the studio daegu lee youd say is starting over after escaping fiji with his family. Like cecilias mother he was also caught in the thrall of jews preaching. The board. On his. Own. Chile. But he says he became disillusioned after witnessing the abuse of other followers in fiji he decided to escape with his wife and youngest son but his eldest son john one is still in fiji and we fuses to leave. Them on which i sure was out of because youre going to come you know what i mean a chill through war. I could. Get on a. Sunday im on the up. Because i had a poly. One awesome joke and theyre calling cards little. Before you can say and his family went to the Promised Land they were told to sell all their belongings and give the proceeds to the church. But there was one final rite of passage. About the threshing ritual. And. The kid in a book at the church any being. 100 sat on me. And the other didnt go. In all this you and. I couldnt sing it in the role. But you know it just. Is richer and has been described by others. They say followers are asked to take turns hidden each other in violently. Sometimes children also my. Own mother pushing them in on me when we didnt want to miss our you know getting to know getting on. Poking around in the. Hunting arms and now many. Former members a jew told her followers not to seek medical treatment. In at least 2 cases cult members with Serious Health conditions requiring dialysis did not receive the lifesaving procedure. It is on. In was true ones are committed to doing so. The hunger she can be the cruel cannot get a. Good title when it than isnt. The were going to run it under. Those and the University Professor tara g. Ill has been studying cults for 30 years he says grace wrote church has all the hallmarks of one. Song. Has over us when i grow corn honey tag on to chores or call door peter. And saw him go to look at overall to eat 2 for. New years or so he touched on mothering it out one. Question that those who were in a kennel. Had some into. Professor tarc believes the social pressures and the countrys struggling economy makes koreans susceptible to cults even although more couple worst of it. Couldnt manage her on the record or. Old or young or quick or if you dont dont were going to get you or. To progress. You. Got. He says authorities should intervene to stop groups like grace road and support people who escape today the professor is meeting in sync to find out more about his experiences some ones you can see no. Television at the house and or. As we see or. Hear. Them out. The window. On. The configuration. He went to as a gentleman. To do it again and how you think. Back on his farm those worries weigh heavily on you and say that hes determined to try and bring his son home. Even imagine one solitary one. Month. I want to talk to the world of how to. I dont know how to. Get out of london are on the way that i dont know how hard do you think youll convince him to come back with you. And then the woman on what i need to do. When you know. I would you dont have to pick on me she mobile so we see anybody. She she understood on a similar until tomorrow. After allegations of abuse both korean and Fijian Police investigated grace road church and in july. 2018 several members were arrested including its founder she is facing 7 years in prison and is appealing. Jill was convicted of fraud child abuse and assault among other charges despite this the Church Continues to operate here and teach. Grace road church now led by should do son daniel him shows it sanctuary well. Its beautiful and peaceful. And its also clear when we arrive in fiji that its much more than a church its a big business. The grace road group owns dozens of restaurants here salons Hardware Stores and even a dental clinic. Its invested millions in the country. Former members say its korean workforce is on paid. On. A mission work that you you dont run to the tongue. It almost. Doesnt go chuck charge it watch or. The group has mastered close ties with local politicians and has been awarded lucrative government contracts including renovations and extensions to Government House and the Prime Ministers residence. And their ambitions may not end there 101 east has obtained exclusive footage of chanel to sermons which reveal the cults ultimate goal on the american kunduz she. Says its fashions and then they dont have. To move to this is the only has hired answering her knickers and of a. Korean saluted him. Chibi i was passive. So is this where the school was supposed to be built. This is a place. Where the river leonora. Agreed greece will. Serve a nice. Is from the day you but tribe who live about an hour from fijis capital suva the tribe or at least nearly a 100 acres of land to the church with an agreement that grace road would build a school on part of it but this hasnt happened instead its all been converted to farmland. Not transparent. The church claims to employ more than 200 feet. So everybody we are meeting tonight worked at grace road. What a right to know what worked as a welder for grace road. Late sister kitty litter worked at the churchs dairy farm. Both describe working conditions that do not comply with fijis labor laws how do you feel grace role that treats its fijian staff. Member. Im not a little bunny. The whole of. It what a says hes all cult members being hit by their bosses. One day a 28. 00 fell off scaffolding after he said he was told to move it while he was standing on it he shattered his left eye doctors inserted a metal breaks and told him it would take 2 years to recover which unless. You look. At the maybe a little bit enabling him you and. Me now i dont know you. Hate what he says grace wrote paid his medical bills and promised him compensation after he returned to work the pain became too unbearable to continue and he was fired hes been unable to find steady work since. Indeed no one would. See me on a knuckle while do sister. Died of a heart attack in her living quarters on grace rhodes farm he attributes her death to stress and physical exhaustion finally going to look at the look where. The 2 men are reaching a good. Deal with. Under fijian law grace road should have provided her with transport. Or one of them up in a. Short time. And they didnt do anything for her fear all they did. They didnt even send flowers. They say work or. Those are scared to criticize grace wrote because of the churchs influence with the government. Company. Limited to. After repeated requests to various government offices and ministries including the attorney general and the Prime Minister no one from the fijian government was available to speak with Us Investment fiji the Agency Responsible for Foreign Investment said it was told not to speak about grace wrote. Leave and say has arrived in fiji his 1st stop is the korean embassy. Mr lee hi hows it going. On the skin damage and i look to. The embassy has helped several former cult members leave fiji in recent months by providing emergency passports and safe passage to the airport but it doesnt always work out. But despite the embassys help this desperate mother was unable to rescue her daughter. What happened what are they saying. Youre on your own. Grace road initially agree to an interview but they changed their minds and started ignoring our calls. Police. Believe. When we try to film a grace road petrol station thats under construction. A worker demands to know what were doing and calls head office for your war you dont want to. Just here taking some pictures were allowed to take pictures from public property thats the law in fiji and. Weve given you more than a month to respond to our interview requests. When we go to the dairy farm where some a. Sister worked members demand we leave. The law and you drive a car while you were drawn up it. Was like. We. Were doing a story on grace road and its businesses in fiji and so this is a business ok were just taking a. Wrong because you take it wrong grace if that were the case the idea that you should ask for us. Is also being blocked by grace road the church tells him through the embassy that hell never be allowed on their property so we agree to record a message for him. Yeah. Because i want to. Get will. So that a. Trillion or so but in japan to go. The retailers are more than the his are him than generous are. Too mild they are not our. No man or woman had a lot o. Our little humble yoko the moon the moon youre not a conundrum 100 kunder the year when i go rico own conduct and he cooked on a war can i do it on gas or it jim or go or tautological i depend on the. We visit grace wrote to deliver his message. Good morning sir. We thought we try again to see if mr kim was here goes through and we just tried to want to deliver a message to chong one i wonder if he is here. Hes not here do you know when you might be back should we try again we just wanted to play a video for him here with. Us. So theres no way that we can get him a show this video to his song. To leach on one. Were just going off in the fog of. Sort of. With no other way to contact you and say son were forced to leave. You and say it is devastated. Before he heads to the airport he makes one last trip to the farm desperate to catch a glimpse of his son. You also other there were more boarded up with us and looking more than and. Other would on the wall. For a ticket im not a good team mommy until. How you can. Turn a little how movable as a money. To do that she told us and. Each other again want to do it because he was in a good cause he saw in our community. And he vows hell keep fighting to protect others from what his familys been through. Either you dont until you go and tell you thats rude or. Yes. Says of the new. Lindsay mortars and before so. Who years to tim tim dont jump farther than is. In china cancer drugs can be pretty beautifully expensive some desperate patients travel to india to buy cheap generic versions but what cost when a stollers dollars smuggling to survive. 0. Business updates. Going places together. The law. Business updates. Going places together. Welcome to the news. Coming up in the next 60 minutes. As the government blames them for its 1st recession in a decade. To the gaza strip less than a day