Many churches and ministries use the name Agape Ministries. This news archive concerns a religious group with properties in and around Adelaide, South Australia, and led by Rocco Leo.
In May 2010 properties belonging to Agape Ministries were raided by Australian police. Police seized an arsenal of weapons, high-powered ammunition and explosives.
Former members reportedly claim that the religious group, referred to in the media as a ‘doomsday cult,’ promised them a haven on a South Pacific island, to protect them from microchips the government was planning to implant in all humans.
The financial empire of the Agape Ministries doomsday cult will be carved up by the Australian Taxation Office following a $3 million court judgment.
In November 2010 the cult was stripped of its status as a religion.
A profoundly disabled woman has won her $500,000 lawsuit against fugitive cultist Rocco Leo – by default.
The cult leader is still battling the Australian Taxation Office over a $4.1 million debt and is wanted on assault charges.
Lawyers defending fugitive Agape Ministries cult leader Rocco Leo against a $420,000 lawsuit have withdrawn from the case.
The woman claims he falsely promised to take her to a South Pacific island where she would be healed and protected from global armageddon
Fugitive Agape Mininstries cult leader Rocco Leo and former cult member Martin Penney have settled their lawsuits against each other.
Rocco Leo fled to Fiji in May 2010, just before police raided his Agape Ministries properties where they discovered thousands of rounds of ammunition and guns.
Fugitive cult leader Rocco Leo has settled a lawsuit with a former member who sued him over donations to the doomsday cult.
Court documents in the lawsuit filed by businessman Martin Penney allege Leo convinced him he would be poisoned and killed by the government unless he handed over $1.2 million.
A disgruntled former Agape Ministries parishioner wants a refund for every item he bought for the cult, even the toilet paper.
The District Court yesterday heard details of Martin Penney’s claim against the doomsday cult and its fugitive leader, Rocco Leo.
A lawsuit by a disabled woman against fugitive Australian cult leader Rocco Leo has not been settled and will go to trial.
Rocco Leo’s former followers claim he preached a doomsday scenario, promising them a new life on an island — financed by their donations — to save them from the end of the world.
Cult leader Rocco Leo will seek an out-of-court settlement with a former parishioner he allegedly duped, a court in Australia has heard.
Followers claim Leo preached a doomsday scenario, saying he needed money to purchase
Fugitive doomsday cult leader Rocco Leo is being detained with his girlfriend at his coastal hideout in Fiji.
Earlier Leo, his girlfriend, and his girlfriend’s brother had been arrested for overstaying their visas.
South Australian authorities will not pursue doomsday cult leader Rocco Leo over 126 fraud allegations. According to the public prosecutor a review of the evidence had determined there were no reasonable prospects of a conviction.
In addition ex-members of the cult have been reluctant to speak out against their former leader.