Naason Joaquin Garcia, leader of La Luz del Mundo church, in court in Los Angeles in 2020. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) Just days before his long-awaited trial was set to start, La Luz del Mundo ...

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Today La Luz del Mundo Church offers free snow removal for seniors and people with disabilities in Middletown and Goshen ...

Tensions were high last week as former members of La Luz del Mundo spoke out at a north Houston news conference about the brutality they’d endured as members of the Christian sect, which is ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The 50-year-old leader of international mega church La Luz Del Mundo, who was arrested earlier this week on charges of child rape and human trafficking, made his first appearance ...

LOS ANGELES -- Missing from the Light of the World Church is international director Naason Joaquin Garcia, said to be the sole voice of Jesus Christ. He's in custody facing felony sex charges relating ...

For its faithful, the leader of La Luz del Mundo is “the apostle” of Jesus Christ. God made it so. Hundreds of thousands of parishioners gathered in Guadalajara last month to celebrate their leader’s ...

Editor’s note: This segment addresses sexual violence. La Luz del Mundo — or The Light of the World — is a Christian denomination church that claims to have more than 5 million followers. But former ...