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    La Luz del Mundo faithful say 'the Apostle' did not abuse children

    by Leila Miller, Cindy Carcamo, Ruben Vives and Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times Jun 06, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Within hours after news broke that "the Apostle" had been arrested on human trafficking, rape and child pornography charges, bishops of La Luz del Mundo exhorted church members via video to start praying for their leader, and not stop.

    The doors of Naason Joaquin Garcia's church in East Los Angeles - one of about 40 in Southern California - were left open overnight so the devout could petition God on Garcia's behalf.

    Members of the Guadalajara-based faith, if they were willing to talk at all on Wednesday, said they believe their 50-year-old leader is the target of a smear campaign. It is designed, they said, to tear Garcia down, along with the church his father led before him, the one his grandfather founded 93 years ago.

    "We're united in prayer," said Jack Freeman,

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