The leader of the megachurch La Luz del Mundo was charged in a string of phony sexual assaults by California prosecutors who fabricated victim text conversations and lied to the court about their evidence, defense attorneys claimed in a pretrial brief.
Naason Joaquin Garcia, referred to as the apostle of Jesus Christ, has been in jail for nearly three years awaiting trial on dozens of charges pertaining to the grooming and rapes of teenage girls who have grown up in his congregation. The church is headquartered in Guadalajara, Mexico, and boasts millions of members around the globe.
Prosecutors claimed the victims were brainwashed into complying with Garcia’s demands or would face retribution from God. But texts show discussions that the girls bad-mouthed the church, were rebellious at home, were sexually active, drank alcohol, used drugs, shoplifted, and associated with gangs, the brief says.
Cedusky did this numerous times to shore up his case, including one instance in which he cut out 200 texts from an exchange while cutting and pasting whatever he wanted, the brief claims. Prosecutors were so desperate to obtain evidence that they offered Jane Doe “help” with the immigration status of her husband and made a down payment on a house in exchange for her testimony, the brief alleges.
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