Megachurch leader Naasón Joaquín García, who pled guilty to sexually abusing minors, surprises followers who remain loyal in phone call from Los Angeles prison
Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty to sexually abusing minors.
"I do not see the bars that separate me from you," he told his followers. "I see your beautiful faces ... because you are the children of God." "The apostle always shows determination to move forward," said Phares Ruiz, who traveled from El Salvador to attend the Holy Supper. "He's firm in his convictions, and the church is firm as well in its purpose of moving forward."
Congregation members in the neighborhood call each other "brother" and "sister" and take pride in helping one another. The church's media relations office claims there is no crime in the area. "It has been a very difficult issue, of course, for him and for us," she added. "We all suffer something in life, but one learns to know those moments where you see that God is doing something to help you, to get ahead, not to let you fall."
Aarón's wife was the church's first member. Today it claims a membership of more than 5 million in some 50 nations.
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