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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Megachurch pastor raped hundreds and forced victims to call him ‘uncle’, lawsuit claims

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Five women are suing an international megachurch and its leader Naasón Joaquín García, a convicted felon, in California state court over decades of alleged child sexual abuse and human trafficking.

The 53-year-old leader of the “Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of the Truth; The Light of the World”, or simply La Luz del Mundo, admitted to various child sex crimes earlier this year and was convicted and sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison.

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