The followers of Naasón Joaquín García, who's serving a nearly 17-year prison sentence in L.A. for sexually abusing girls from his congregation, have stayed loyal to the La Luz del Mundo leader.
Naason Joaquin Garcia, leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing juvenile members of his congregation.at Los Angeles International Airport, García unexpectedly pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible oral copulation on a minor and one count of committing a lewd act on a child in exchange for a reduced sentence.
“It has been a very difficult issue, of course, for him and for us,” she said. “We all suffer something in life, but one learns to know those moments where you see that God is doing something to help you, to get ahead, not to let you fall.”La Luz del Mundo dissidents pressure authorities, seek more charges against ‘apostle’
Sochil Martin said her aunt offered her as a “sexual servant” to García’s father, who was the church’s leader, and then to García, his successor. Martin said García’s plea deal Garcia is the grandson of the church’s founder, Eusebio Joaquín González, known to the congregation as Aaron. The organization has churches in East and West L.A., Orange County and Palm Springs.
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