LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As La Luz del Mundo leader Naasón Joaquín García was sentenced to nearly 17 years for sexually abusing young female followers, Jack Freeman — a spokesman and minister for the ...

LEXINGTON — Atalia Cardenas was 15 years old when she joined nine other people in 1994 at her aunt and uncle’s home on Thomason Street in Lexington to begin La Luz Del Mundo, the Light of the World ...

The documentary tells survivor's stories of sexual abuse in the megachurch. Decades of abuse in La Luz del Mundo church uncovered in HBO's 'Unveiled': 'We just missed it' Editor’s note: This segment ...

LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As La Luz del Mundo leader Naasón Joaquín García was sentenced to nearly 17 years for sexually abusing young female followers, Jack Freeman — a spokesman and minister for the ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in central Mexico have arrested an American and 37 other people belonging to the religious group La Luz del Mundo, whose leader is facing sex trafficking charges before ...

According to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, five “Jane Doe” victims alleged that García sexually abused them between 2015 and 2019. Seeking damages against the LLDM church, they ...

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 ...