Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

Mexican megachurch leader pleads guilty in LA to sex abuse

FILE - Susana Medina Oaxaca appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday, June 21, 2019. California prosecutors say the leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, Naasón Joaquín García, pleaded guilty, Friday, June 3, 2022, in Los Angeles Superior Court, to sexual acts with three of his followers who were minors at the time. Two female co-defendants, Oaxaca and Alondra Ocampo, admitted facilitating the abuse and have also pleaded guilty. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) FILE - Naasón Joaquín García greets members of his church "La Luz del Mundo" in Guadalajara, Mexico ON Aug. 14, 2018. García, the leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, pleaded guilty Friday, June 3, 2022, to sexually abusing three girls, California state prosecutors said. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Naasón Joaquín García leads a service at his church "La Luz del Mundo" in Guadalajara, Mexico on Aug. 9, 2018. García, the leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, pleaded guilty Friday, June 3, 2022, to sexually abusing three girls, California state prosecutors said. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo, leader and self-proclaimed apostle Naasón Joaquín García's 50 birthday celebration portrait, is displayed on the side of the East Los Angeles temple on Friday, June 7, 2019. García, the leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, pleaded guilty Friday, June 3, 2022, to sexually abusing three girls, California state prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) FILE - Alondra Ocampo appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court behind a glass window, on Friday, June 21, 2019. California prosecutors say the leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, Naasón Joaquín García, pleaded guilty, Friday, June 3, 2022, in Los Angeles Superior Court, to sexual acts with three of his followers who were minors at the time. Two female co-defendants, Susana Medina Oaxaca and Ocampo, admitted facilitating the abuse and have also pleaded guilty. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) FILE - Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the fundamentalist Guadalajara, Mexico-based church La Luz del Mundo, appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court on June 5, 2019. Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, pleaded guilty Friday, June 3, 2022, to sexually abusing three girls, California state prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)