Protesters gathered outside an East Los Angeles church Sunday, claiming ongoing sexual abuse at the Mexico-based La Luz del Mundo megachurch, whose leader pleaded guilty to sexual abuse.
Angry protestors Sunday demanded justice outside the Light of the World Church, also known as La Luz del Mundo, in East Los Angeles.
The leader of the Mexico-based church is currently in prison serving a nearly 17-year sentence for sexually abusing girls in his congregation. Protestors claim the sexual abuse is continuing, even though the leader is in prison. Voicing their anger toward La Luz del Mundo’s leaders, protesters Sunday said they believe the church is covering up a deep-rooted problem of sexual abuse that the congregation chooses to ignore.
“My mom went through it at a very young age. She came out whenever the story repeated itself. She regrets not coming out sooner, but she was afraid,” a woman named Jaime said. “Everybody around her belonged to the church. How do you come out and say something happened to you? My mom wanted to run.”Other protesters also claimed they or their family members were sexually abused when they were in the church.to sexually abusing girls in his church and was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Founded in 1926, García is a third-generation leader of the Mexico-based megachurch, and protestors say the abuse dates back to the beginning.
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