Eddie Long on the DL..say it ain't so

[Derek]

Re: Bishop Eddie Long denies having sex with boys.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: H_O</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: yaadie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oh the hyprocrocy of these so called Greasecans I wonder how many more boys are out there that this pervert molested
one more instance of God working in mysterious ways by allowing these deeds to occur </div></div>
you called priests and pastors and so forth molesting boys as an act of &quot;GOD&quot; acting in mysterious ways..[censored]?
I dont like your GOD.
as a matter of fact if the religious masses took there head out of the bums and bibles and realized the whole religious institution is a gimmick set up to brainwash people.. </div></div>

Priests, pastors and religion have nothing to do with God.

[Derek]

Re: Bishop Eddie Long denies having sex with boys.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: yaadie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">he is supposed to be a man of God?...</div></div>

He has about as much to do with God as you or I.

[evanovitch]

Re: Bishop Eddie Long denies having sex with boys.

anybody eva wonda y people still use the fallible tingee as an excuse n fail to tek into mind 1 Peter 1:23

[evanovitch]

Long Cancels Interview, Addressing Claims Sunday

Long Cancels Interview, Addressing Claims Sunday

Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 5:35 am
By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com



A scheduled interview Thursday on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” with embattled mega-church pastor Bishop Eddie Long was canceled by representatives for the minister after a third lawsuit was filed accusing Long of using his position to coerce a young man into a sexual relationship.

Craig Gillen, Long’s lawyer, told the TJMS’ Roland Martin he advised Long not to appear on the show.

LISTEN TO ROLAND MARTIN'S INTERVIEW WITH CRAIG GILLEN

“No lawyer likes to have his client in a situation where charges are made, and he, the lawyer, doesn’t have control,” Gillen said. “These false allegations are an attack on Bishop Long personally; they are an attack on New Birth, the entire church and all 25,000 of the good people that attend that church - and an attack on the mentor program that has helped thousands of young men.”

Lawyers for Maurice Robinson and Anthony Flagg filed a lawsuit Tuesday in DeKalb County Court against the pastor, alleging that the used his role as pastor of a suburban Atlanta mega-church to force them into sexual relationships when they were teenagers.

Another suit was filed Wednesday against, alleging coercion, negligence and fraud involving a third man. That lawsuit alleges Long encouraged the plaintiff, Jamal Parris, 23, to call him “Daddy,” and names the church and a youth academy as defendants.

On Wednesday, B.J. Bernstein, the lead attorney for Robinson and Flagg, now 20 and 21, told Roland Martin on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” that <span style="font-weight: bold">she had e-mails that showed the extent of the relationship between the plaintiffs and Long and that there were multiple private e-mail addresses belonging to the bishop used for contact with the men</span>.

The men were 17- and 18-year-old members of Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, when, they say, Long abused his spiritual authority to seduce them with cars, money, clothes, jewelry, international trips and access to celebrities.

Bernstein said by filing the lawsuit, the plaintiffs’ attorneys will be able to subpoena phone and other records to corroborate the men’s stories.

The plaintiffs will be deposed by Long’s attorneys in the next phase of the legal process.

In addition to the e-mails, Bernstein said she has a plaintiff’s passport which corroborates dates and locations for trips where, the men allege, they shared rooms with Long and engaged in sex.

Bernstein also said she had IRS 1040 forms that showed the men were on the church payroll while still teenagers.

On Thursday morning, Gillen read a statement from Long denying the allegations and saying that he would address them in front of his congregation at New Birth at the 11 a.m. service on Sunday.

“Long is going to do it on his ground, at his church, where he’s going to have 25,000 rah, rah, rahing him,” said a minister of more than 30 years who has pastored in Atlanta, including counseling on issues of sexuality and sexual abuse, and has known Long for most of that time. “<span style="font-weight: bold">Most pastors are not surprised (by the charges). This happens all the time,” said the minister, who asked not to be identified.</span>

“People are people, and we have those people as our religious icons, and we don’t talk about it,’ the minister said, pointing to multiple instances in which religious leaders - from Elijah Muhammad to Jimmy Swaggart to the former president of the National Baptist Convention - all were implicated in sex scandals.

The minister also said it would not be surprising if the congregation rallies behind Long.

“People forgive their pastors, and they’ll keep them,” adding there is a “double-moral standard” and that had the accusers been women, “they would be run out on a rail
and never heard from again … These thins happen, but we run to vilify the victims.”

Others cautioned that Long has not been proven guilty of the allegations, but maintain there could still be a negative impact on the black church and its relationship with gay members. Long has been a vocal opponent of gay marriage, defining marriage as between a man and a woman, which leads many people to assume was also an opposition to homosexual relationships period.

“I know it will have a negative effect on the black church. We've always had homosexuality in the black church, from the minister of music to other members of the church, but we've never paid attention to it as long as they performed the services well,” said the Rev. Melvin D. Bishop, Ph.D, pastor of New Light Baptist Church of Bessemer, Alabama. “However, Bishop Long has yet to be proven guilty. My first thought when I saw it on the media was when you have money and appear to be flashy, people want to get all they can get from you. We don't know if he did it or not. We always have that copycat thing; we know the Catholic church has always led the way of such accusations. We just hope it is not true. If it is true, it will definitely be a blow to the black church.&quot;

&quot;The first thing that came to mind were the incidents in the Roman Catholic Church,” said the Rev. Michael Newton, pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Fairfield, Alabama. “I think that we have tolerated and allowed so many things. This is another sidebar to it. I think his supporters will continue to support him. I think we have to realize they are just allegations that have to be proven in court. If I were to address his congregation, I would say, ‘It's time just to be prayerful until all the facts are in on this situation.’ I'm sure God is not pleased with it. It is something his congregation will need to deal with in the near future.&quot;

When asked about a possible motive for the accusations, Gillen referred to a break-in at Long's office in June.

Bergstein said one of the plaintiffs is facing a criminal burglary charge in the incident. She said the break-in was a way of lashing out at Long.

Bernstein said she contacted the U.S. Attorney's Office earlier this month when she became aware of the young men's allegations. She did not know what action, if any, the agency planned to take.

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Ted Haggard says he can empathize



The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Ted Haggard, who lost his megachurch after admitting to a relationship with a male prostitute, told TV's Inside Edition that he can empathize with what Bishop Eddie Long is going through.


.&quot;I think he's heartbroken, I think he's confused,&quot; Haggard said on the program Wednesday. &quot;I'll tell you how I felt. I felt like I'd ruined my life.&quot;

Haggard's wife, Gayle, who stood by her husband during the scandal that forced his 2006 resignation, added that Long &quot;has been a great man. ... He has done wonderful things. I hope they hold onto that knowledge as they try to understand what these allegations are about, if they are indeed true.&quot;

Haggard was senior pastor of the 14,000-member New Life Church when a male prostitute alleged Haggard paid him for sex over three years. A male church volunteer last year also reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard.

Haggard confessed to &quot;sexual immorality&quot; involving the prostitute, and admitted an &quot;inappropriate relationship&quot; with the volunteer, who was 22 when it began.

This year, Haggard started a new church in Colorado Springs, Colo.

A Long spokesman has adamantly denied the allegations swirling around the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, which has over 25,000 members. Three young men filed lawsuits this week alleging Long used his pastoral influence to coerce them into sexual relationships

[evanovitch]

Re: Ted Haggard says he can empathize

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/bishop-eddie-long-attorney-619589.html

[evanovitch]

so much for church being a social forum, u cant get much

more social interaction dat wat suppose to have been going awn...from a minister putting up favourites in private dwelling to flying dem all ovah di worl, even if platonic, u haffi wonda y some mininsters feel dis is di way to treat SOME members


if all dis wasnt soo funny queer it would be funny ha ha

as i have said gawd dont like ugly an Satan showing him way bigtime up in church up in church, common C deliberate

gwane look pon di outside success n tink dat is anyting...works ongle good wen the heart from wich it coming is ALSO good....

[blugiant]

funnee bishop eedie long

doan move ar merge diss tredd cah diss iss bout bunninn fiyah pon homosexual pedophile natt spirituality. bishop a xxploit blakk yuths ann sum peeps a try limit de disscussion cah homosexual bishop iss a pedophile

boom bye bye wass buju bunninn fiyah pon big man wey molest wan boy. fiyah ann more fiyah pon homosexuals


bishop send de pitcha (scat fetish bathroom )below to young boys ann a gawn like imm natt funnee. = [censored]. xxxx

[blugiant]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long

The Bishop Eddie Long scandal (photos below) was well known by certain members of the Longfellows Youth Academy non profit and New Birth Inc claims new revelations to news from plaintiff Anthony Flagg. Anthony Flagg claims Bishop Eddie Long used the authorization and activity of various church employees to achieve the aims of his scandal, an alleged coercion of young men into a life of relations they didn’t wish, and when the boys found girlfriends, Long pushed the women aside.

While news reports yesterday were quick to get members of the large congregation to voice support for Eddie Long, the suit claims that certain members knew of Long’s alleged conduct, that he was allegedly using coercion to get men for his “personal gratification”. The suit states “Various individuals working for Defendant Long, Defendant New Birth … and Longfellows .. including but not limited to Andrew Moman and April McLaughlin, knew of Defendant Long’s … inappropriate conduct and did nothing to warn or protect Plaintiff Flagg.” The suit asserts that most members did not know of the alleged conduct.

Bishop Eddie Long Pictures Released by Plaintiff’s Attorney
Bishop Eddie Long Photo 1
Bishop Eddie Long Photo 2

In contrast, Flagg claims that church members knew of the Spiritual Sons, seeing them in public, but didn’t know of their alleged conduct with Bishop Eddie Long behind closed doors.

Plaintiffs: Jamal Parris, Maurice Robinson and Anthony Flagg
Eddie Long Plaintiffs Photos 1
Eddie Long Plaintiffs Photos 2
Eddie Long Plaintiffs Photos 3

And in new shocking revelations to news in the Eddie Long scandal, Defendant Flagg claims that Eddie Long blocked Spiritual Sons from having girlfriends or becoming close to girls. Long, claims the suit, would actively find out if the boys had girlfriends. When they did, or they were trying to win the favors of women, Eddie Long would allegedly tell them to stop seeing women to keep the boys for himself.

“Typically when the young males, confused by the … contact with Defendant Long, find girlfriends or engage in … contact with females pursuant to their own personal desires, Defendant Long initially attempts to block those relationship by increased contact and spiritual talk as to the covenant between the Spiritual Son and himself.”

And while Long didn’t own the vehicle, he is accused of giving Plaintiff a Mustang to use. The car was one of countless gifts mentioned in the complaint. “Defendant Long gave Plaintiff Flagg a 2000 Mustang Convertible to drive … the Mustang was registered to Darius Wise.” That was followed up by putting Flagg on the payroll of Defendant New Birth Missionary Church.

Long would take Flagg on trips, many trips, some day trips and some overnight trips. They went to Charlotte, North Carolina, and Tuskegee, and spent the night in New York, Memphis, Las Vegas. During those overnight trips, Long is accused of not just sharing a room, but sharing a bed with the plaintiff and pushing for more.

When done, Long according to the suit claimed that such conduct was healthy for own’s spirituality. “Defendant Long, through manipulation, coercion, deception and fraud resulting from the abuse of his confidential relationship with Plaintiff Flagg, convinced Plaintiff Flagg that [such conduct] was a healthy component of his spiritual life.”

Long has denied all wrongdoings.



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[blugiant]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long

(BlackNews.com) - National talk show host and Essence Magazine's #1 best-selling author, Reuben Armstrong, is about to release his next best seller and most controversial book to date entitled Crooks and Homos in the Pulpit. It can be pre-ordered now at (www.crooksandhomosinthepulpit.com) and will be available in bookstores nationwide May 15, 2009.

Crooks and Homos in the Pulpit focuses on megapastors and megachurches. Critics are calling Armstrong's book an eye opener and a wake up call for the Body of Christ. He held a private news conference in his studio to discuss the book and his concerns about the rampant spread of homosexual and thievery that has taken over the lives of many pastors and ministers. According to Armstrong, crooks and homosexuals are spreading their lies and deception throughout the church world like peanut butter on bread. Their lifestyles are becoming an insidious epidemic in our churches and Armstrong is alarmed that few in Christendom are confronting these false teachers.

&quot;Too many churches have forgotten about saving souls. That's because the pastors and ministers are only think about how many women and men they can sleep inside and outside of the church, and how much money they can steal from God people,&quot; said Armstrong. He also pointed out that pastors and ministers are misleading their congregations by teaching more about prosperity (material things) than about having a personal relationship with God.

Could it be that the current economic hurricane battering the USA--and the world--is due to the Church being led into apostasy by the megachurches and megapastors? Is God using this maelstrom as an emergency call to his Body to humble itself and pray as 2 Chronicles 7:14 states? You'll find answers to these questions and many more in Crooks and Homos in the Pulpit.

Synopsis of the Book

Do church leaders such as Bishop T.D. Jakes, Bishop Eddie Long, Dr. Creflo Dollar, Joel Osteen, or reported homosexual Pastor Ted Haggard truly understand God's Word? If so, why have they become corporate CEO's, allowing money, greed, and materialism to take over their souls? These leaders are whoring God's people from the pulpit, while teaching legions of pimps, crooks, liars, and homosexuals, who pose as pastors, to follow in their footsteps.

In Crooks and Homos in the Pulpit, author Reuben Armstrong exposes the false doctrine of prosperity and &quot;feel good&quot; message that Jakes, Long, Dollar, Osteen, and Haggard proclaim. You will discover what the Bible says about false leaders such as these men and the judgment they face. Armstrong points out that too many churches have become corporate meet and meat markets. Through extensive research, he outlines what really goes on inside the &quot;house of worship.&quot; He exposes the shocking lifestyles of prosperity preachers, the sexual favors given in pastoral studies and Sunday School rooms, and the church hoochie mommas and puff daddies these leaders attract as their groupies.

Armstrong's book is a wake up call to the Body of Christ. He points to the crooks, liars, thieves, and homosexuals who are flaunting their sickening lifestyles in front of God's people, while taking the last dollar that church folk have. Christians can no longer allow the likes of Jakes, Long, Osteen, Dollar and Haggard in their pulpits. It's time for God's church to rise up against all false teachers and say, &quot;Enough is enough! Take your false doctrines with you straight to the pits of hell!&quot;


About the Author
Reuben Armstrong (www.reubenarmstrongshow.com) is the founder, executive producer, and host of the Reuben Armstrong Radio and TV shows, and Essence Magazine Bestselling author of Snakes in the Pulpit.

[j-kid]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long

Soh BlackKGiant wha kina magazine name LaLatte, and publish dem kina photos ah men inna overly tight shirts?


<span style="font-size: 14pt">Ah who subscribe tuh it?</span>

[f0rTyLeGz]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: blakkgiant</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
bishop send de pitcha (scat fetish bathroom )below to young boys ann a gawn like imm natt funnee. = [censored]. forgot dem
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I think that photo was created in photograph. It's Eddie's face put on someone elses body Im thinking. I blew up your photo and it seems pretty clear... altho I could be wrong too...

[Derek]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long




I have a sleeveless top and cycling shorts like his.

[23JAM00]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long

Bishop &quot;no hair&quot; Long is gonna settle out of court.
He doesn't want his laundry aired in public.
Maybe he'll have to sell his Bentley and his private plane

[remob1]

Re: funnee bishop eedie long

From CNN

link


He says he will fight these charges but at no time does he say these charges are false
I was expecting him to say flat out these boys are lying....