Press Play with Madeleine Brand
La Luz del Mundo and the Mexican immigrant community in the U.S.
La Luz del Mundo church has come under scrutiny after its leader, Naason Joaquin Garciawas, arrested last week on multiple charges of sex abuse. Garciawas is currently sitting in an LA County jail awaiting trial. His bond was set at $50 million.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLa Luz del Mundo church has come under scrutiny after its leader, Naason Joaquin Garciawas, arrested last week on multiple charges of sex abuse. Garciawas is currently sitting in an LA County jail awaiting trial. His bond was set at $50 million. La Luz del Mundo was founded in the 1920s in Mexico, and now claims to have more than 5 million followers. Much of its growth coming from churches in the US.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Leila Miller
foreign correspondent, LA Times in Mexico City
Mary Puckett
Ph.D in religion, wrote her dissertation on La Luz Del Mundo
The full episode
2 of 4In 'Ice on Fire,' ideas to reverse global warming- 0:00President Trump exerts executive privilege over the Census
- 10:17La Luz del Mundo and the Mexican immigrant community in the U.S.You’re reading this
- 21:45Reversing climate change and supporting nature in ‘Ice on Fire’
- 36:23The Bohemian Club, an annual gathering of men in the redwoods, draws outrage