Ukrainian Security Service informs that it has unverified information on death of Dognal sect leader

Head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region Viktor Andreychuk reported the alleged death of the Dognalgroup leader Antonin Dognal.

Answering the question, “Do you know where is the sect leader AntonínDohnal now?” he replied: “I do not want to comment, but I also read the information on web he is somewhere in the East, supposedly in Donetsk region, but I think it is fake. He has not appeared in Lviv since 2013.

According to unconfirmed information, he died two years ago and was secretly buried ...

We also have this information that comes from the inner circle of the Dognal group leader. But his death is not documented. Let us wait for the moment when we have reliable information about his death and place of burial, and then we will talk about it.”

As for opposing the Dognal group, Victor Andreychuk said: “We must understand that the Security Service has no authority and right to interfere in matters of religion.Therefore, the government should respond to it, as well as bailiffs that received instruction to ban the activities of the group.

The criminal proceedings have been instituted under Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which are investigated by Shevchenko district police department of Lviv. We operate exclusively within the power of investigator’s instruction. Leaders of this church were identified. Also one should not forget that the faithful are our citizens. They have a certain faith, their outlook is different from ours, but according to the Constitution they are entitled to have their own beliefs.

We realized that if we stopped the leaders, the congregation would change too. I set a goal not to hurt the faith of those who were involved [in the sect] by deceit. These people have their entire life ahead of them.

We conducted a special operation, which was prepared considering all these aspects. We knew that 40 women might rally against a dozen of employees which would exacerbate the situation. But everything was peaceful and force was applied.

On the first night we found five foreign nationals. Of course, we know who they are. Three of them immediately producedtheir documents. They stayed illegally on the territory of Ukraine. We immediately expelled two of them and shortened the period of stay in Ukraine for the third one.

Two of them paid a fine of UAH510 and together with the Migration Service we took them to Uzhgorod checkpoint. Two more persons who refused to provide their documents were expelled the next day by court rulingafter their identity was established and each of them paid a fine of UAH3,000.

If we detect that the Dognal group membersmake some calls that fall within our competence, we will act appropriately.”