La Luz del Mundo megachurch leader jailed for child sex abuse
Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo megachurch, has been sentenced in a Los Angeles court to 16 years and eight months in prison.
García, 53, pleaded guilty last week to three counts of sexually abusing girls from his congregation.
The church's influence has spread in recent years and is strong in parts of California that have large Hispanic populations, which García often visited.
He was arrested at Los Angeles airport in 2019 along with two of his female followers as they arrived by private jet.
García had been facing 19 charges, but on Friday - three days before his trial was due to start - he pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one count of a lewd act upon a child who was 15 years old.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-a...gn=KARANGA
Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo megachurch, has been sentenced in a Los Angeles court to 16 years and eight months in prison.
García, 53, pleaded guilty last week to three counts of sexually abusing girls from his congregation.
The church's influence has spread in recent years and is strong in parts of California that have large Hispanic populations, which García often visited.
He was arrested at Los Angeles airport in 2019 along with two of his female followers as they arrived by private jet.
García had been facing 19 charges, but on Friday - three days before his trial was due to start - he pleaded guilty to two counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one count of a lewd act upon a child who was 15 years old.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-a...gn=KARANGA
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
