Cult Leader Claiming to Be Reincarnation of Jesus Arrested in Russia

New York Post ^ | September 22, 2020 | Vincent Barone

[nickcarraway]

A cult leader who bills himself as the reincarnation of Jesus has reportedly been arrested in Russia.

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.

Russia’s federal security forces conducted a special operation involving helicopters and armed officers to storm the cult in Siberia and arrest Torop, a former traffic cop known to his thousands of followers as Vissarion, and two of his aides.

[bluejean]

So he named himself (loosely) after a Game of Thrones dragon and people dropped everything and followed him. He must be for the reals.

[caww]

[JoSixChip]

They should crucify him.

[caww]

He's been at this for years....I was aware of the dude long ago..thought this might be the guy when reading the title here.

Here he is when he first started out and younger....really fooled a lot of people then

[caww]

He's been at this for years....I was aware of the dude long ago..thought this might be the guy when reading the title here.

Here he is when he first started out and younger....really fooled a lot of people then

[caww]

He'll be sitting in a Russian jail, I suspect, for a very long time...

[caww]

This nut claimed Jesus was watching over people from an orbit close to Earth, and the Virgin Mary was “running Russia”, but later he declared himself to be Jesus.

His followers wear austere clothing and veagans, and count years starting from 1961, the year of Vissarion’s birth, while Christmas has been replaced by a feast day on 14 January, his birthday.

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[caww]

[conservative98]

Siberian Cult Leader Thinks He’s Jesus - 2012

https://youtu.be/W2Cv5hZfOmk

[Mark17]

Another Michael Rood? 😁🤗

[caww]

Oh my gosh! Is Rood still doing his thing? I thought his followers got wise and left following him awile back.

[caww]

The guy was a traffic cop before he found this gig..... unfortnately so many Russians in the Siberia fell for his scam.

These cult leaders always milk the people but is especially hard on the poor. They give them false hope that just never comes.

[Beowulf9]

Make him tell us where the Holy Grail is.

Inquiring minds want to know.

[vladimir998]

He’ll just die and rot like the last fake Jesus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_de_Jes%C3%BAs#:~:text=Jos%C3%A9%20Luis%20de%20Jes%C3%BAs%20Miranda%20(April%2022%2C%201946%20%E2%80%93%20November,%2C%20based%20in%20Miami%2C%20Florida.

[waterhill]

Putin could be Pilate, wash his hands, seal his fate....

[aMorePerfectUnion]

They’re all fake.

Including Rood and Joseph Smith, the horndog.

[dfwgator]

“Two men say they’re Jesus, one of ‘em must be wrong.”

[Redcitizen]

What was Rood doing? I know he was wearing a Israelite priest garb on the prophecy club but beyond that I don’t know anything about him.