Tates Creek pastor Robert Cunningham wrote that a student had reached out to allege that Rice had sexually assaulted him multiple times during a stint of leading worship retreats for youth and college students between 1995 and 2003. Cunningham says that he immediately informed the police of the allegations, and reached out to his church board which unanimously voted to reach out to GRACE — an organization that investigates allegations of abuse in Christian institutions. While Rice was not an employee of Tates Creek, Cunningham says he still felt that his church was responsible for the investigation, since “if this individual had not been involved in our youth ministry, he would not have been exposed to Mr.