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

Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the “Holiday of Good Fruit” feast in a village southeast of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, August 18, 2010.

This image from August 18, 2009 shows Russian sect leader Sergei Torop known as "Vissarion", in the remote village of Petropavlovka, Krasnoyarsk region. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/Getty Images Why It Matters ...

FILE PHOTO: Vissarion, who has proclaimed himself a new Christ, conducts a service during the "Holiday of Good Fruit" feast in a village southeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, August ...

Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman known to his followers as "Vissarion," set up the Church of the Last Testament in a remote but picturesque part of Siberia's Krasnoyarsk region in 1991 ...

Sect Leader's 12-Year Sentence: The Fall of 'Vissarion's' Empire Sergei Torop, a Russian sect leader claiming to be Jesus reincarnated, received a 12-year prison sentence for harming followers' health ...

MOSCOW: Sergey Torop, a Russian religious cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, was recently convicted to 12 years in prison for causing physical and psychological harm to ...

A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.