Luanda – Ex-Brazilian bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Angola Honorilton Gonçalves da Costa was sentenced to a three-year suspended prison terms on Thursday, in case known as IURD-Angola.
The trial of the former bishops and pastors of the Universal Church in Angola, accused of criminal association, vasectomy and money laundering, started in November 2021, in Luanda.
Among the accused were the former Brazilian bishop António Ferraz and the Angolan pastors Belo Miguel and Fernando Teixeira, all acquitted.
The IURD case dates back to November 28, 2019, with the release of a critical manifesto by the Board of the Church in Brazil, having worsened in June 2020, when pastors and bishops from the two wings (Brazilian and Angolan) exchanged accusations and involved in physical violence.
Source: Angola Press News Agency