As the church aggressively backs Garcia, former parishioners are quietly wrestling with the news of his arrest.
The flagship temple of La Luz del Mundo in Guadalajara is the center of a church with global reach.
Mother and daughter exchanged a heated, long string of texts. They haven’t spoken since. Her mother, who would usually visit Martinez and her children every month, has not come by. In a brief filed Wednesday, they alleged that a witness for prosecutors searched for people in the Reddit group who would be willing to participate in a plot to frame the apostle that would help her sell a documentary she was making about Garcia and the church.
Martinez said the online community makes her feel connected with other people who say they are no longer speaking with family members. On Father’s Day, Jonathan Perez, 32, a grant writer in Los Angeles, texted his siblings before a gathering with one request: No speaking about La Luz del Mundo. Patricia Fortuny, a Mexican anthropologist, said that La Luz del Mundo stands out among other Pentecostal churches in that respect.
A 25-year-old former youth minister for the church from Los Angeles, who did not want to be identified because he feared backlash, had quietly harbored doubts about his faith for years.
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