CNN BREAKING NEWS: BISHOP EDDIE LONG ACCUSED OF SEXUAL COERCION

 According to CNN report, two Georgia men have filed a lawsuit claiming that prominent Atlanta, Georgia, PASTOR BISHOP EDDIE LONG COERCED THEM INTO HAVING SEX. The suits, filed Tuesday in DeKalb County, Georgia, allege that Long used his position as a spiritual authority and bishop to coerce young male members and employees of his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church into sex.

According to the lawsuit:


"The pastor took one plaintiff, ANTHONY FLAGG, 21,who began having intimate relations with Bishop Long since age 16, was taken on overnight trips to a half-dozen American cities in recent years and given lavish gifts and a Ford Mustang sports car."


"MAURICE MURRY ROBINSON, 20, alleges that Bishop Long had taken him to Auckland, New Zealand, in October 2008 for his 18th birthday and engaged in oral sex with him. Robinson's suit alleges that following the New Zealand Trip, that Defendant Long regularly engaged in sexual touching, and other sexual acts with him."   


 Attorney B.J. Bernstein said Tuesday that:

"Long shared a bedroom and engaged in intimate sexual contact with plaintiff Flagg including kissing, massaging, masturbating of plaintiff Flagg by defendant Long and oral sexual contact", "It was essentially a marriage ceremony, with candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes. The bishop [told] him I will always have your back and you will always have mine. Defendant Long would use Holy Scripture to discuss and justify the intimate relationship between himself and Plaintiff Robinson."

Long frequently denounces homosexual behavior. A 2007 article in the Southern Poverty Law Center's magazine called him:

"one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement."

Both plaintiffs said the pastor, his church and church employees gave them cash and lavish gifts that ranged from cars to college tuition. 

Both men are being represented by Attorney B.J. Berstein, who claims that EMAILS, TEXT MESSAGES and PHOTOGRAPHSwill confirm their allegation of that an intimate relationship did in fact exist. Flagg and Robinson are seeking a TRIAL BY JURY and UNSPECIFIED MONETARY DAMAGES.

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