UNITED STATES
Religion News Service
By Timothy C. Morgan
(RNS) After applying for an internship with the China Soul for Christ Foundation, a 23-year-old university student found herself in a Paris hotel bed with the foundation’s famous founder, Yuan Zhiming, according to a new independent investigation.
The unnamed woman’s story is laid out in the investigation by GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment), a Virginia-based nonprofit founded by one of Billy Graham’s grandsons, Boz Tchividjian.
The student said she had two encounters with Yuan in September 2013.
“He started saying that he was lonely and that he needed to have company,” she said.
The woman stayed with him part of the first night as they watched a soft-porn feature film. The next evening, she refused his request and left.
Yuan is recognized as one of the leading preachers and theologians for the global Chinese Christian community, which has at least 70 million Christians in China and more overseas.
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