Superior Court

Naasón Joaquín García, the former leader of the fundamentalist Guadalajara, Mexico-based church La Luz del Mundo, sits during his sentencing in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The leader of La Luz del Mundo church has been sentenced to 16 years and eight months in a California prison for sexually abusing three girls. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool)

Megachurch leader sentenced to 16 years for child sexual abuse

The leader of the La Luz Del Mundo church was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for the sexual abuse of teens. Naasón Joaquín García’ was sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday, after pleading guilty to three felonies just days before his long-awaited trial.