US: Mexico-based megachurch leader pleads guilty to child sex abuse
06 June 2022 | 11:12 am
Nasson Joaquin Garcia, the head of the evangelical church La Luz del Mundo, pleaded guilty to three charges stemming from the abuse of three underage victims.
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