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Suspected cult leader arrested on rape, false imprisonment charges during DeKalb County raid
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - He is a 40-year-old man who is known by many names such as "Natureboy," "The Messiah Demigod," "Master Chief," and who supporters on Thursday even called "God," but to the DeKalb County jail he is listed as Eligio Bishop.
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According to reports, he used the nickname "Natureboy" because of the 1948 Nat King Cole by the same title. His other nicknames were similarly self-proclaimed.
Bishop has a heavy social media footprint having made online music videos and life coaching tapes as well as soliciting for donations.
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According to critics of the group, followers are asked to live as part of a commune-style "family" being asked to surrender their money and possessions. Those same critics have said once members are part of the group, they are not allowed to leave. A quick search of the internet will reveal reports on at least two such members. That is something current members deny.
"This is a revolving door, you can come in and out as you please, no one is being…no one is going to hold you against your will here," one supporter told FOX 5 on Thursday.
More at link.
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - He is a 40-year-old man who is known by many names such as "Natureboy," "The Messiah Demigod," "Master Chief," and who supporters on Thursday even called "God," but to the DeKalb County jail he is listed as Eligio Bishop.
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According to reports, he used the nickname "Natureboy" because of the 1948 Nat King Cole by the same title. His other nicknames were similarly self-proclaimed.
Bishop has a heavy social media footprint having made online music videos and life coaching tapes as well as soliciting for donations.
[snip]
According to critics of the group, followers are asked to live as part of a commune-style "family" being asked to surrender their money and possessions. Those same critics have said once members are part of the group, they are not allowed to leave. A quick search of the internet will reveal reports on at least two such members. That is something current members deny.
"This is a revolving door, you can come in and out as you please, no one is being…no one is going to hold you against your will here," one supporter told FOX 5 on Thursday.
More at link.
