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Leader of Mexican megachurch sentenced in US for child sex abuse

Garcia, the former leader of the evangelical Guadalajara, Mexico-based church La Luz del Mundo, sits during his sentencing in Los Angeles County Superior Court [File: Carolyn Cole/AP Photo]

The head of a Mexico-based megachurch has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison in the United States for sexually abusing three girls.

Naason Joaquin Garcia, the leader of the Guadalajara-based evangelical church La Luz del Mundo, had pleaded guilty last week as part of a plea deal to charges of forcible oral copulation and performing a lewd act on minors.

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