(Newser) – "Oh my goodness, praise God." Such is the reaction of one of the followers of La Luz del Mundo, a Mexico-based megachurch whose leader had faced child rape, child porn, and human trafficking charges—which were dismissed on Tuesday. Naason Joaquin Garcia, known as the "apostle" to his 5 million followers around the globe, had been hit with 29 counts of felony charges in connection with alleged events involving three girls and a woman between 2015 and 2019 in Los Angeles County, reports the Arizona Republic. He had been held without bail in Los Angeles since June, reports the AP. A California appeals court dismissed them because his preliminary hearing was not held in a timely manner.