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 ...

DEL CITY, Okla. – A Del City church teacher is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage girl. Police arrested Donnie Schultz, 45, Friday morning at his home. Police said Schultz ...

Within hours after news broke that “the Apostle” had been arrested on human trafficking, rape and child pornography charges, bishops of La Luz del Mundo exhorted church members via video to start ...

LOS ANGELES — The leader and self-proclaimed apostle of La Luz del Mundo, a Mexico-based church with branches in the U.S. claiming more than 1 million followers, has been charged with human ...

A new civil lawsuit filed Thursday against religious leader and self-proclaimed "Apostle" of La Luz Del Mundo, Naason Joaquin Garcia, contains shocking allegations of abuse. The filing, made in the ...

If there's one word Isaias Campos would use to describe how he felt after hearing that La Luz Del Mundo church leader Naasón Joaquín García was charged with child sex crimes earlier this week, he said ...

The women kneel on the cool marble, their heads draped by shawls bearing the initials NJG. Their hymnals are inscribed with the letters, as is the soaring temple that serves as the headquarters of La ...

A federal judge in Chicago on Monday ordered the pastor of a local chapter of the La Luz del Mundo megachurch held in custody to face federal charges alleging he helped cover up a widespread child sex ...

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 ...