A religious sect leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ has been sentenced to 12 years in a Russian ...

Sergei Torop, 64, lost his job as a traffic cop before founding the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 and claiming to be ...

Former traffic cop Sergei Torop commanded followers to stop using money while extracting funds from them through ...

The traffic cop turned cult leader who claimed to be the son of god — and will now spend 12 years in jail - Alex Croft looks ...

"Jesus of Siberia" Sergei Torop Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison | Firstpost America | N18G A Russian cult leader who claimed ...

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs.

The end of the USSR in 1991 was one of the most cataclysmic events in history, with its aftereffects still being felt three ...

Sergei Torop, known to his followers as Vissarion, is a former police officer who founded a movement known as the Church of the Last Testament nearly three decades ago. Skip to content.

Russian authorities have sentenced a Siberian sect leader to 12 years in a prison camp for harming his followers' health and ...

Sergei Torop, 59, will face charges for organizing an illegal religion and extorting money from his cult’s members, whom he allegedly emotionally abused, the Guardian reported Tuesday.

To his believers in this remote corner of Siberia, Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman, is the literal reincarnation of none other than Jesus Christ.

ABODE OF DAWN, Russia - Six miles from the nearest road, in the vast Siberian wilderness, a bearded man in flowing white linen robes sat at his kitchen table and talked about his crucifixion at ...