Introducing: Sacred Scandal: La Luz del Mundo

Sacred Scandal

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True Crime, Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Sacred Scandal, named one of Podtrac’s Best New Podcasts of 2022, embarks on its second season, focusing on Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo (Light of the World). It tells the story of Naasón Joaquín García, a self-proclaimed apostle, who is currently behind bars after pleading guilty in June 2022 of sexually abusing girls from his congregation. Naasón is currently serving a nearly 17-year sentence, but maintains his innocence.

Host and investigative journalist Roberta Garza explores Naasón's control over a multitude of devotees, some of whom now describe their experiences in the church as "pure evil." In this true-crime series, survivors share stories about this powerful religious leader and the alleged sexual abuse that followed, many relating to minors.

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0:00.0	They believed that he was Jesus Christ on earth, God on earth.
0:10.0	He was my jail, and I couldn't get away from him, no matter how much I tried.
0:16.0	It's the largest cult in the world that no one has ever heard of.
0:23.2	This season of sacred scandal investigates the megachurch La Luz del Mundo.
0:28.3	It was founded in Mexico with a congregation that spans over 50 countries.
0:33.1	Many describe it as a religious cult.
0:35.6	His charismatic leader, Nasson Joaquin Garcia, is believed by his 5 million followers
0:40.2	to be the last apostle of God.
0:42.9	He promised them salvation.
0:44.7	What he delivered was something else.
0:51.3	It wasn't even so much that he liked sex.
0:54.4	He wanted something that was shocking, that depraved.
0:59.7	What I could think about was killing him.
1:01.7	There was a 16-year-old kid with his aggressor.
1:17.1	Everything changed when the apostle was arrested in June 2019 at a Los Angeles airport and faced an American court.
1:21.1	A day of reckoning for the man whose millions of followers called him the apostle, Jesus on earth.
1:28.3	Nason Garcia, admitting in court,
1:30.7	he sexually abused young girls in his church.
1:34.9	After 50 years of being adored like a god,
1:38.2	Nasson pled guilty and was sentenced
1:39.9	to nearly 17 years behind bars.
1:43.1	Survivors began speaking out.
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