Naasón Joaquín García, right, the leader of La Luz del Mundo evangelical church, attends a July hearing at L.A. County Superior Court in July with his defense attorney Ken Rosenfeld. (Al Seib / Pool ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World) today issued the following statement in response to the court's decision to deny bail for Sister Eva García de Joaquín ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Six leaders of the Mexico-based La ...

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 ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty to sexually abusing minors. Yet legions of followers of Naasón Joaquín García in his home base in ...

HBO boasts some of the most tantalizing documentaries about alleged cults, from NXIVM in The Vow—which just released a second season—to Scientology in 2015's Going Clear. Luckily for true-crime lovers ...