We're not nutters - we're Christians: Agape couple deny 'malicious lies'
LIKE many suburban couples, Raphael and Patricia Azariah work and study hard, raise their children and attend church every Sunday.
Their religious beliefs, however, have thrust the parents of two into controversy - because they are members of the Agape Ministries Church.
Yesterday, the couple spoke to The Advertiser to refute "cruel and malicious" claims they promised their daughters in marriage to older men.
They further denied accusations they allowed the girls, aged eight and six, to undergo firearms training.
The couple detailed the persecution they have suffered in the wake of police raids on Agape properties that netted guns and ammunition.
The couple detailed the persecution they have suffered in the wake of police raids on Agape properties that netted guns and ammunition.
I am not a nutter or a crazy-farm type of person," Mr Azariah said.
"I am a person that believes in God, I am a Christian, I am a man who takes the Bible seriously.
"Now I have lost my job - we have no employment and no income, and I've lost all that work as a result of what one can only describe as malicious lies."
The police raids, in May, triggered an avalanche of speculation about Agape Ministries.
Former members and opponents dubbed it a cult, saying Pastor Rocco Leo defrauded millions from his followers to buy a South Pacific islan
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