| La Luz del Mundo
Trial Set for March 2027 for 2
Months on Sadistic Abuse Videos
by
Matthew Russell Lee,
Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
May 29 – Back on September 10,
DOJ charged NAASÓN JOAQUÃN
GARCÃA and others with
"sexual, financial, and
related criminal conduct
victimizing members of the La
Luz del Mundo Church over many
years... to facilitate
the systemic sexual abuse of
children and women—including
the creation of photos and
videos of sadistic child
sexual abuse." Garcia was
taken into Federal custody in
California and transported to
New York on September 18. On
September 23, with two
California-based lawyers next
to him, Garcia was brought
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Loretta A. Preska.
Inner City Press was there, thread
On October 10 the
US Attorney's Office proposed
a protective order beyond what
Naason Joaquin Garcia would
agree to, letter on Patreon here On October 16, a
co-defendant pled not guilty:
"Arraignment as to Eva Garcia
De Joaquin (4) The defendant
is presented and arraigned on
the indictment and enters a
plea of not guilty." On October 17
counsel to Naason complained
to Judge Preska about the
proposed protective order.
Email on Patreon here On December 5,
counsel to co-defendant Eva
asked for bail, going back to
her childhood when Aaron was
the Apostle, then to her move
to Los Angeles after her
husband Samuel's death. She is
80 years old now. More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
On December 15
Inner City Press attended the
bail argument, with Naason
also present, handcuffed
throughout despite his Alan
Jackson legal team's request
otherwise. Bail was denied,
thread here,
extra on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here US letter on
Patreon here On March 10, 2026
Inner City Press live tweeted
the proceeding in which the
trial date was set: March 15,
2027, with two rounds of
motions before then. On May 22, Joran
Nunez Joaquin's lawyer filed
with Judge Preska, in
connection with their request
for grand jury materials,
criticizing what they
characterize as the
Government's "spiritual
coercion" theory which they
say violates the First
Amendment. On May 29 in an entirely unrelated case that Inner City Press is also covering the US Attorney's Office wrote that one of its AUSAs is "scheduled to be on trial in US v Naason Joaquim Garcia et al starting on March 15, 2027 which is expected to take two months..." Inner City Press
will stay on the case(s). The case is USA
v. Garcia, et al., 25-cr-370
(Preska)
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