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IURD announces reopening of its temples two years later

The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD) in Angola announced this Tuesday the reopening of its temples, two years later, referring that it is the result of a decision by the Luanda District Court.

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In a statement, the UCKG states that the college of judges of the 4th Section of Common Crimes of the Court of the District of Luanda determined the "unlocking of the movable and immovable assets of the UCKG in Angola".

"Thousands of faithful from Cabinda to Cunene will enter the times of Universal after more than two years of waiting", refers in the note, guaranteeing the "immediate resumption of activities".

Bishops, pastors, workers, members and sympathizers "will be in the open temples giving spiritual and social assistance to all the needy and needy".

The IURD in Angola has faced internal disputes since 2019, when Angolan bishops and pastors accused Brazilian managers of various crimes, namely money laundering, foreign exchange evasion, vasectomy obligation, as well as racism.

Brazilians accuse Angolan bishops and pastors, who have left the church, of acts of xenophobia and aggression, following the forcible seizure of temples across the country.
The Angolan justice opened a lawsuit, closed the temples and invited Brazilian missionaries to leave Angolan territory.

As part of the trial, on 31 March the Luanda court sentenced the former head of the IURD in Angola to three years in prison, with a suspended sentence, for the crime of physical and psychological violence, while the remaining defendants were acquitted.

Former leader Honorilton Gonçalves, currently in Brazil, and three other co-defendants - Angolan bishop António Ferraz, Brazilian pastor Fernandes Teixeira and Angolan pastor Belo Kifua - were accused of various crimes, including criminal association, money laundering and domestic violence. , in a trial that began on 18 November 2021.

Honorilton Gonçalves was convicted of crimes of physical and psychological violence, with the sentence suspended for two years, and he will have to pay compensation of 30 and 15 million kwanzas (60 thousand and 30 thousand euros) to two victims who underwent vasectomy.

The defendants were acquitted of the remaining crimes: criminal association, money laundering, fraud for fraud and illicit expatriation of capital, a crime that the court dropped as it was a transgression that is the responsibility of the National Bank of Angola.

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