Alleged victims of Mexico-based church leader ask for maximum sentence


  • World
  • Wednesday, 08 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: Devotees of the La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World) church are seen after they prayed for their leader Naason Joaquin Garcia, in Guadalajara, Mexico June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Fernando Carranza/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Several of the alleged victims of the leader of a Mexico-based church are speaking out ahead of his sentencing, asking for him to receive maximum prison time.

Naason Joaquin, head of the evangelical La Luz del Mundo group, pleaded guilty on Friday to felony counts of sexually abusing three children. He was arrested in Los Angeles in 2019.

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