Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Sex / Scandal Bishop Eddie Long hit with third lawsuit
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Bishop Eddie Long, already reeling from two lawsuits filed yesterday that allege the megachurch pastor coerced two young men into sex, has been hit with a third civil lawsuit that makes similar accusations.
According to the lawsuit filed today in DeKalb County, Long welcomed Jamal Parris, who was 14 years old at the time, into his circle of "Spiritual Sons." Long allegedly lavished gifts on the small, intimate group of young male parishioners who'd entered into a "covenant" with the pastor. Much like the other lawsuits, Long is accused of using his spiritual position and scripture to defend the alleged sexual encounters.
The relationship turned sexual after 2004, the lawsuit claims, when Parris, who by then was 17 and had started working at New Birth as Long's personal assistant, accompanied the pastor on trips across the country in the church's private plane and made private visits to his DeKalb County guesthouse and living area at the megachurch.
According to the suit, in 2009, Parris — whom Long allegedly encouraged to call him "Daddy" — started a relationship with a girlfriend, distanced himself from the pastor, and ultimately left the church.
The suit, which alleges coercion, negligence and fraud, seeks unspecified damages.
Craig Gillen, Long's attorney, was not immediately available for comment. A news conference has been scheduled for Thursday morning, the AJC reports. More details on that as they become available.
Click here to download a copy of the third lawsuit
Details to come.
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The Daily News a major daily in NYC is running the story about this "Atlanta mega church" Better comments than our AJC gets. This one made me laugh.
2:25 PM
Sep 22, 2010
A catholic Bishop was hit by a car and rendered unconscious and was taken to hospital in an ambulance. Upon waking up on a moving gurney, he asked the nurse: "Am I in heaven?" to which she replied, "no, we're just taking a short cut through the children's ward."
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can we conclusively say that eddie long has NEVER been seen on the corner of ponce and briarliff in biker shorts with a cane?
A CL reader posted the very name of the latest man to come forward in a comment from LAST NIGHT...the evidence piles up, doesn't it?
Before you juge him becareful... next time it could be you on the chopping block and your gonna hope someone gives you a chance to defend yourself.
I visited New Birth once, and left with definite impression that he was blatantly full of shit. I was shocked that no one else seemed to notice. I don't know what happened, but wouldn't at all be surprised if this clown did everything he's being accused of.
Well, Monique J, if I start screwing around with underage boys as I'm parading around in muscle shirts and leading anti-gay parades through the streets of Atlanta, I suppose I'll worry about "defending myself." It's amazing to me how so many morons defend this snake-oil selling charlatan.
If this had been a Catholic priest, a criminal investigation would have commenced . . .
The lord is at work.. better now that the lords flock is saved now from a fallen minister than the disease of his sins spread among the congregation. When I saw the church members so confident in casting their votes for a pro-abortion president I had a horrible feeling that the lord was not going to be mock in such a way. Study the word and test the spirits and leaders that they are Scripture and not of this world. Materialism, envy, greed, looking down on people or feeling superior based on materials possessions is all the work of the flesh..
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