"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 ...

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

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 ...

(Reuters) -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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Defense of leader of Vissarion Community, two of his associates appeal verdict Earlier, a Novosibirsk court sentenced Torop and Vedernikov to 12 years in prison, and Redkin to 11 years in prison ...