Naasón Joaquín García: La Luz del Mundo 'Apostle' convicted in California of sexual abuse of minors
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Convicted
Authority role
self-proclaimed 'Apostle' and supreme leader of La Luz del Mundo
Organization
La Luz del Mundo
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The California Attorney General's office stated that García used his position of trust and authority as the leader of La Luz del Mundo to sexually abuse children; his standing as the church's self-proclaimed 'Apostle' and supreme religious authority was the documented mechanism of access and compliance.
- Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
- Threatened spiritual consequence
- Institutional obedience or isolation
Evidence structure
Proceedings
2022-06-08 · guilty plea and sentence
Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County. Naasón Joaquín García, supreme leader of the Guadalajara-headquartered La Luz del Mundo church, pleaded guilty on 3 June 2022 to two counts of forcible oral copulation involving minors and one count of a lewd act on a 15-year-old, and was sentenced to 16 years 8 months. The California Attorney General stated he used his position of trust and authority as church leader to abuse children.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- position of trust and religious authority as church leader
Cited record
Sources
- official attorney general release conviction release California Department of Justice, 'Attorney General Bonta Secures Conviction Against Megachurch Leader Naasón Joaquín García' (June 8, 2022).
The California DOJ release confirms García's guilty plea to two counts of forcible oral copulation with minors and one lewd act on a child, and states he used his position of trust and authority as leader of La Luz del Mundo to abuse children.
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- https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-secures-conviction-against-megachurch-leader-naas%C3%B3n Corpus classification: official-attorney-general-release; evidentiary role: conviction-release. SHA-256 b7a5d0bdb74e7f40314d276050b490e78cdeb6d05c3f205d313a1f8de37ded56
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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