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   Eligio Bishop. Photo provided by the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office   
      
   ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — An accused cult leader was convicted of   
   all counts, including rape, the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office   
   announced Friday.   
      
   Eligio Bishop, 40, was the leader of a polygamist group called “Carbon   
   Nation” and claimed to be God. A former member said he raped her and posted   
   nude photos of her online in revenge after she left, according to the   
   attorney’s office.   
      
   Bishop was standing trial on rape, false imprisonment and three counts of   
   prohibition on nude or sexually explicit electronic transmission charges.   
      
   A judge has sentenced Bishop to life in prison without parole and a combined   
   10 years on the other counts.   
      
   “I forgive you. I want you to know I still love you and forgive you and kiss   
   my baby girl and let her I love her, and I love y’all,” Bishop said on a   
   Zoom call from jail following the verdict.   
      
   Carbon Nation has a troubled history, previously having been kicked out of   
   Hawaii, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. On the stand, the victim said she   
   and about 20 other followers moved into a Decatur home in 2020. She left   
   several times but came back,    
   leaving for good when the rape happened in March 2022, she said.   
      
   “If you try to leave, he will try to abuse you, strangle you or have the   
   cult leaders abuse you,” she said. “I was definitely scared.”   
      
   Another former member, Courtney Townsend, also testified to Bishop’s abuse.   
      
   But current group members argued they weren’t mistreated. One was removed   
   from the courtroom after he kept interrupting the proceedings by yelling in   
   defense of Bishop.   
      
   The trial ran into a few other hiccups. A courtroom official tested positive   
   for COVID-19, delaying the case by a day and a half. Fearing exposure, Bishop   
   said he didn’t want to be in the courtroom and attended the trial via Zoom   
   from his jail cell.   
      
   Bishop also said he didn’t want his attorney anymore, citing unfair   
   treatment, but ultimately dropped the argument.   
      
   Decaturish media partner Atlanta News First provided this story.   
      
   https://decaturish.com/2024/03/accused-cult-leader-convicted-of-   
   ll-counts-including-rape-dekalb-county-district-attorneys-office-says/   
      
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