The Persecutor

[The Persecutor]
Year: 
1973
Type: 
Public: 
Publisher: 
Fleming H Revell
Year of publication: 
1974
Pages: 
253
Moral assessment: 
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
Transmits values: 
Sexual content: 
Violent content: 
Vulgar or obscene language: 
Ideas that contradict Church teaching: 
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

An impressive testimonial book by a high-ranking officer in the Russian police in the late 1960s. In this account, Sergei tells about his difficult childhood and his progressive rise within the ranks of the Russian authorities of the time. A young man who firmly believed in communism and fought for it with all his strength, until he realized that the communism he was living in was taking away people's freedom, and specifically, religious freedom, something that should be defended according to Lenin's essential communist theory.

From that moment on, Sergei underwent a radical change in his thinking and decided not to collaborate anymore with what Russia was doing. Due to his high position in the Russian police, this was not going to be allowed, so he decided to escape the country by working in the radio of a ship that sailed along the coasts of the United States and Canada.

From there, Sergei jumped into the sea and managed to swim to the Canadian coast, fainting on the shore. He was picked up, and after several months of deliberation by Canadian authorities, and due to the fame he gained from a popular television program, he was allowed to stay and live in Canada. There, he continued his search for God, just as he had done since he jumped from the ship.

He began giving lectures and appearing on radio and television programs, telling his story and the reality of Russia. Knowing he was being watched, he was found dead on January 1, 1973, in California. Sergei was 22 years old.

Author: José Martín Goenaga, Spain
Update on: Feb 2025