Naasón Joaquín García, right, the leader of La Luz del Mundo evangelical church, attends a July hearing at L.A. County Superior Court in July with his defense attorney Ken Rosenfeld. (Al Seib / Pool ...
Naason Joaquin Garcia, leader of La Luz del Mundo church, in court in Los Angeles in 2020. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Just days before his long-awaited trial was set to start, La Luz del Mundo ...
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HBO boasts some of the most tantalizing documentaries about alleged cults, from NXIVM in The Vow—which just released a second season—to Scientology in 2015's Going Clear. Luckily for true-crime lovers ...
The leader of a megachurch with 5 million followers worldwide was sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse. Naasón Joaquín García was sentenced Wednesday in Los ...
Lexington's La Luz Del Mundo (Light of the World) is turning up the holiday sparkle this year, moving its Light Festival to a ...
Six leaders of the Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo megachurch — including its current "apostle," Naasón Joaquín García, his mother and four associates — are facing federal charges of racketeering, child ...