DECATUR, GA—A date has been set for the trial of alleged cult leader, Eligio Bishop, 40, who is accused of raping one of his former followers.
DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Stacey Hydrick has scheduled the case to begin with a motions hearing and jury selection on Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Courtroom 6D.
On July 8, 2022, a DeKalb County Grand Jury indicted Bishopon charges of Rape, False Imprisonment, and three counts of Prohibition on Nude or Sexually Explicit Electronic Transmissions.
Bishop was arrested in April 2022 for reportedly raping one of his followers in March 2022 and then posting “revenge porn” of her online after she left the cult. Bishop has remained without bond in the DeKalb County Jail.