Naasón Joaquín García addresses the faithful of La Luz del Mundo from prison: "I don't see the bars that separate me from you"

Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the La Luz del Mundo church, addressed his faithful this Sunday from the California jail where he has been for almost three years, weeks after being sentenced to 16 years in prison after admitting abuse to three minors.

"How much I have enjoyed with you, because since the service began here I am with you,

united, joyful, full of tears and blessing because today God has allowed us to be together," he said with a broken voice, according to the Milenio newspaper.

"I do not see a cell with four walls,

I do not see the bars that separate me from you," he added, "I see your beautiful faces, I see this beautiful party, you are the children of God, the wife of the lamb and today I have also participated in this blessing".

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The self-proclaimed

spoke this Sunday, the day on which the founder of the church and grandfather of the current leader, Eusebio Joaquín González, was born.

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A crowd gathered in the Temple of the Beautiful Province, in the city of Guadalajara, exclaimed in approval when listening to him: "I already ate, I already drank, now God has given me the strength and consolation to get up and continue forward in this fight ", said.

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His attorneys and victims' representatives will meet Thursday in Los Angeles court for a restitution hearing (the return by a convicted felon of money a victim lost or had to spend because of the crime).

It will be the last in this criminal case and it is possible that the pastor will not show up.

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The temple looked full of faithful for three hours, although in the surrounding streets, the panorama was very different, according to the Efe news agency.

They were empty and silent, with the sound in the distance of the songs and praises that came from the televisions in which the faithful followed the broadcast of the ceremony in their home.

The two years of pandemic forced La Luz del Mundo to prevent its faithful from traveling to the temple as was the case every year.

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After the sentence of 16 years and 8 months that was imposed on Joaquín García in June for sexual abuse of minors in a Los Angeles court, the leadership of La Luz del Mundo chose to remain silent and maintain all its activities without public access. in general and without statements to the press.

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Joaquín García, 53, pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to forcing two minors to perform oral sex on him and a lewd act with a 15-year-old girl.

Before reaching the plea agreement with the Prosecutor's Office, García was charged with 19 accusations, including sexual abuse of minors, rape, possession of child pornography and human trafficking. 

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The golden staircase through which the so-called

used to enter during the great ceremonies remains adorned with artificial flowers.

Now, instead, these are directed by the ministers, who do not stop naming their leader, asking them to pray for him and assuring them that he sends his blessings “from where he is”, provoking the tears of the faithful of all ages. .

Faith in Joaquín García, imprisoned since 2019, remains intact among many of his followers.

At least that is what the posters in support of the religious leader indicate in the houses of the Hermosa Provincia neighborhood that maintain posters with images of the leader and phrases such as “My hope and my struggle is to see them again.

NJG”, “Innocent” or “My time has come”.

Behind the temple stands a monumental sculpture of hearts and figures with multicolored flowers that frame the number 53, the years that Joaquín García turned last May.

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