Alex Croft looks at how Sergei Torop, also known as Vissarion, ended up in jail after he was accused of harming his followers ...

(Reuters) - A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on ...

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

A self-styled mystic Vissarion and two aides were sentenced to prison for using psychological pressure to extract money and ...

MOSCOW: Sergey Torop, a Russian religious cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, was recently ...

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

Investigative Committee stated that Sergei Torop and his aides caused serious mental and physical harm to followers, ...

Sergei Torop, a Russian sect leader claiming to be Jesus reincarnated, received a 12-year prison sentence for harming followers' health and finances. Known as 'Vissarion,' he founded a religious sect ...