The Eighth Supreme Court in Kemerovo upheld the decision of the first-instance court on the dissolution of the “Church of the Last Testament” (“Vissarion Community”) and its removal from the register of legal persons. prosecutor’s office. This was reported by the press service of the Krasnoyarsk District Prosecutor’s Office. Telegram.
In October last year, the Krasnoyarsk District Court to create Liquidation of the organization by removal from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
“The arguments of the complaints are left completely unsatisfied. The prosecutor’s office ensured the protection of citizens’ rights, illegal buildings in the Kuraginsky district were liquidated, ”the Kemerovo court said in a statement.
In September 2020, leaders of the Last Testament Church religious organization Sergei Torop (Vissarion), Vadim Redkin and Vladimir Vedernikov were detained in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. According to investigators, they collected money from their followers and used psychological violence against them, which resulted in serious bodily harm.
The Church of the Last Testament was founded in 1991 by Sergei Torop, who calls himself Vissarion. In 1995, his followers founded a settlement in the Kuraginsky district, the so-called city of the Sun. Also, members of the community lived in a number of settlements in the Kuraginsky and Karatuzsky districts in the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
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Source: Gazeta

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