(“Pastor/Landlord”), who was renting a room to Saenz.328 At that time, Saenz was also dating the reported victim (“RV”), who had also been attending the international ministry at Tenth around the same time. RV was from Japan. 329 Multiple witnesses described RV as a “seeker”, rather than a full-fledged member of Tenth.330 Saenz is said to been involved at Tenth for a longer period of time, even longer than some pastors involved in investigating and mediating allegations against Saenz.331 Importantly, Saenz is regarded as a friend to a pastor at Tenth to this day. 332At the time, RV was also close friends with a young man who was a member of Tenth and was living in the home of his mother (“Witness”), also a member at Tenth. 333 RV’s friend also spoke Japanese, having recently returned back to Philadelphia from Japan. 334 At one point during 2013, the pastor and his wife took a trip out of the country to Thailand.335 Saenz was instructed to not take RV to the upstairs floor of the pastor’s house while the pastor/landlord was out town. Their interactions were to be restricted to the living room of the residence. 336 During the course of this investigation, GRACE investigators made several attempts to communicate with RV and her friend, but did not receive a response. 1. Allegations against Lucas Saenz In 2013, RV called her friend, who was at his mother’s home when he received the call. 337 In reference to the call, the witness stated that: [RV] was screaming and sobbing on the phone, and she was begging [Witness’ son] to come and pick her up. And it was horrifying to hear her so upset. And we got something out of her that he needed to come immediately and come pick her up, and she had been locked in the house and her phone had been taken away and she couldn't get out. And now she just got out and, ‘Please, please come and get me.’338
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Former Pastor Transcript at 2. Witness Transcript at 11. 330 Elder Transcript at 3 331 Id. 332 Id. 333 Witness Transcript at 12. 334 Id at 11. 335 Former Pastor Transcript at 2. 336 Id. 337 Witness Transcript at 11 338 Id. 329
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