La Luz del Mundo leader indicted on new federal sex charges
LA TimesNaasón 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. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted Naasón Joaquín García on two child pornography counts, in yet another legal challenge for the head of the Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo megachurch who is already serving a 17-year state prison sentence for sexually abusing girls from his congregation. For the record: An earlier version of this story reported that the La Luz del Mundo leader had previously struck a plea deal with Los Angeles County prosecutors. At the time of Garcia’s plea deal, some alleged survivors of sexual abuse in the church called it a “slap to the face,” even as prosecutors hailed the outcome.
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