Australian 'prophet' Gary Morgan addresses allegations of fraud

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Gary Morgan, a charismatic Christian minister, speaker and co-founder of the School of Prophets in Melbourne, Australia, has denied allegations that he mined social media data and presented it as prophetic revelation.

Morgan, who co-founded the School of Prophets with his wife Sarah, also admitted to acting “inappropriately with a married woman” in 2008, but said he didn't have sex with the woman, according to a statement from his ministry.

“A claim circulating online suggests that Gary used social media to gather personal information about individuals and then presented that information as prophetic revelation,” noted the statement endorsed by Morgan, his wife, Peter McHugh, founding pastor of Stairway Church in Melbourne, and Alyn Jones, senior pastor of Goodly Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

“The situation referenced occurred in 2016, while Gary was ministering at a church service. During a time of ministry, he shared several words of knowledge, including calling out a name and date that no one in the room responded to. He continued by sharing what he believed was a prophetic word, in case the individual was watching the event online,” the statement continued.

At the end of the service in 2016, Morgan and his team stated that a staff member at the church said they created a fake Facebook profile with the same name and date that Gary called out. This was presented as “evidence that Gary had used social media to identify them in advance.”

“Gary denied that accusation,” the statement said. “Despite his denial, the accusations escalated, and others were brought in to investigate. The investigation concluded without finding evidence to support the accusations.”

The statement claimed that Morgan’s accusers were invited to examine his electronic devices for evidence of the alleged fraud, but they declined.

“Gary's accusers chose not to proceed to the examination of his electronic devices (an examination Gary actively invited), and the process ended there. We are left with an unresolved accusation and Gary's consistent denial,” the statement continued. “We recognize that for some, this will not be satisfying. We share that same desire for greater clarity, and we remain open to any process that could provide it.”

The statement from Morgan was a direct response to a recent report on the allegations from Bible teacher Mike Winger, titled “For Ten Years He Got Away With It: The Fake Prophet and His Enablers.” Winger’s nearly six-hour-long report includes a more than two-hour-long call between Winger, Morgan, members of Morgan’s team, and a couple making allegations against Morgan.

Winger called Morgan the “Australian Shawn Bolz,” comparing him to charismatic American Christian minister Shawn Bolz, who has also been accused of fabricating prophecies and giving purported words of knowledge in his ministry.

“Ten years ago, Gary Morgan was caught red-handed, and bad pastors covered up for him. Solid evidence of fake prophecy and even email fraud. But he got away with it, and the godly Christians who tried to call him out were vilified and abused by their pastors,” Winger alleges in the description of his video. He accuses Bill Johnson of Bethel Church in Redding, California, of doing ministry with Morgan despite being aware of the allegations against him.

“Bill Johnson knew about Gary Morgan and still went and did ministry with him. Che Ahn had endorsed Gary as a great prophet like Shawn Bolz (I'm not making this up). Yet, Che's system of accountability not only failed to protect people from Gary, leaders in his network attacked the only people calling for him to be dealt with biblically,” Winger added.

 Winger’s video comes nearly two months after the Australian Prophetic Conference, an annual Christian gathering focused on charismatic and Pentecostal teachings, urged caution around Morgan’s ministry and said they would “at least seasonally be parting ways” with him as controversy over the allegations grew.

“This is not a call to write off any words you have received from Gary, but we do encourage you to reprocess them in the light of this news, with the appropriate parties (Scripture, leaders, church family, and so on),” the conference said in a statement on Instagram.

“We invite you to be praying for Gary, and his family — and the circles of churches and ministries more closely involved with this situation. Ultimately, Gary, and those who have brought reports against him (we believe in confidence) are our brothers/sisters in Christ — family,” the statement explained. “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, so let us expose darkness, wherever it is, that our brothers would be redeemed and Jesus would be glorified.”