Cult leader Who Claims He’s Jesus Reincarnated Has Been Arrested In Russia

Russian authorities have arrested a cult chief who claims he’s Jesus reincarnated following accusations he become using followers’ cash and psychological violence to inflict harm. 

Sergei Torop, usual to his followers as Vissarion Christ the trainer, is a pacesetter at a compound for the Church of the ultimate testament in a southern district of Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk area.

Russia’s Investigative Committee observed today that the cult leader and two of his deputies, together with former rock musician Vadim Redkin, were detained after authorities stormed the commune with vehicles and helicopters.

See pictures of the raid below:

Torop used to work as a traffic officer however got here to prominence as Vissarion after the fall of the Soviet Union, when he based his neighborhood â€" which has been likened to a cult.

He now spends his time claiming to be Jesus and ‘educating’ his followers, which he says are within the thousands. He has written a 10-extent ‘sequel to the Bible’ and lives in a comfortable chalet whereas his followers stay in picket huts local.

The Investigative Committee claimed the cult’s leaders ‘used its individuals’ money and psychological violence’ with the intention to ‘generate revenue from spiritual activities’.

on account of prolonged publicity, one of the followers of the religious company suffered severe hurt to their fitness.

native resident Alexander Staroverov, who witnessed the early-morning raid, turned into quoted by using the Tayga.information information web page announcing the operation concerned 4 helicopters, dozens of buses, an ambulance and men in camouflage armed with fight weapons.

The raid was carried out through investigators from the main Investigation branch of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, in addition to employees of the Federal security carrier (FSB) and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia.

Torop’s religious corporation is formally registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, and around half of its followers live in Krasnoyarsk Territory. To abide by way of the faith, followers should not smoke, drink or trade funds, and they should settle for a simple life in a wooden hut.

all over an interview for a BBC documentary in 2017, Torop stated that he had been accused of ‘brainwashing and embezzling’ his followers. He referred to he felt ‘sad’ however that the critics have been ‘unavoidable’, including, ‘I’ll put down the foundation as a way to change all humanity.’

Investigators intend to can charge Torop and his deputies with creating a non secular association that makes use of violence. The investigation into their crimes is ongoing.