Six leaders of the Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo megachurch — including its current “apostle,” Naasón Joaquín García, his mother and four associates — are facing federal charges of racketeering, child pornography and sex trafficking, under a recently unsealed indictment. Maximum penalties for some of the offenses include life in prison.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/13/nx-s1-5537890/megachurch-leader-and-his-mother-indicted-on-sex-trafficking-and-racketeering-charges

The article also mentions that the abuse investigated goes back many generations, “Prosecutors claim the family that has led La Luz del Mundo — or “Light of the World” — for nearly 100 years also used it to facilitate sexual abuse across successive generations. The indictment alleges that García, his late father, Samuel Joaquín Flores, and grandfather Aarón Joaquin Gonzalez, who founded the church, systematically abused their followers, aided by relatives and employees.”

The stories of abuse are so horrible, it’s almost too much to write about. It is claimed that on one occasion, his wife held down a child so he could rape the child.

This is a terrible case of criminality that spans generations, and goes to show we must always beware of church systems, no matter how “pure” they appear on the outside.

La Luz del Mundo

This organization is founded in Mexico and claims to have millions of followers world-wide. As a megachurch it also appears to be non-denominational – evangelical.

Their official website is: https://lldm.org