http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/09/22/megachurch-bishop-accused-of-coercing-boys-to-have-sex/
Baptist Megachurch Bishop Accused of Coercing Boys into Sex
Posted by pzmyers on @ 10:31 amArticle printed from speakeasy: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasyThis post first appeared on Pharyngula.
There should be a law …
Something like, "The probability that a religious leader is a sex offender is directly proportional to the the virulence of his homophobia." It's happened again.
Two young men in Georgia said Tuesday that the pastor of a 33,000-person Baptist megachurch, Bishop Eddie L. Long, had repeatedly coerced them into having sex with him.
In two lawsuits filed in DeKalb County, the men said that Bishop Long, a prominent minister and television personality, had used his position as a spiritual counselor to take them on trips out of state and perform sexual acts on them.
It's gotten so I can't see any of these crazy god-wallopers and not assume they're going to leave the podium and run off to a back room to do exactly what they've been railing against. It's sort of like a Dorian Gray scheme: they've got a lilly-white sanctimonious face for the public, and what they reveal when off-camera and out of sight is something sickeningly depraved. What Pope Ratzi does behind closed doors must be nightmarish.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/us/22church.html?_r=3
Lawsuits Accuse Baptist Megachurch Leader of Sexual Misconduct
By ROBBIE BROWN
Published: September 21, 2010
ATLANTA — Two young men in Georgia said Tuesday that the pastor of a 33,000-person Baptist megachurch, Bishop Eddie L. Long, had repeatedly coerced them into having sex with him.
In two lawsuits filed in DeKalb County, the men said that Bishop Long, a prominent minister and television personality, had used his position as a spiritual counselor to take them on trips out of state and perform sexual acts on them.
Bishop Long is the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, an Atlanta suburb. It is one of the largest churches in the country.
"Defendant Long has a pattern and practice of singling out a select group of young male church members and using his authority as bishop over them to ultimately bring them to a point of engaging in a sexual relationship," said a suit filed by one of the men, Maurice Robinson, 20. The other man who filed suit is Anthony Flagg, 21.
Bishop Long's lawyer, Craig Gillen, rejected the accusations.
"Bishop Long adamantly denies these complaints," Mr. Gillen said. "We find it unfortunate that these two young men have taken these actions. We are reviewing the complaint and will respond accordingly."
Bishop Long became the church's pastor in 1987 and, under his leadership, its congregation grew to more than 25,000 people from 300, according to the church's Web site.
Lawyers for the two men painted a picture of widespread corruption and sexual misconduct. They said Bishop Long had provided the men with free hotel stays in more than a dozen cities around the country (checking them into rooms under the alias "Dick Tracy") and had given them gifts, including a Mustang. They said he had introduced them to celebrities like the producer Tyler Perry and the actor Chris Tucker.
A lawyer for the men, Brenda Joy Bernstein, said officials at the church had known that the sexual acts were occurring but covered up for Bishop Long. "They would do everything to protect the most powerful church in the Southeast," she said.
The young men met Bishop Long, who has a wife and four children, through a church program for teenagers, Ms. Bernstein said. The sexual acts occurred when the men were 17 and 18 years old, the lawsuits said.
"They just wanted to be loved and cared for by one of the most charismatic and powerful men that this church has ever known," Ms. Bernstein said. "He is destroying lives."
Bishop Long is an outspoken critic of homosexuality and has been called by the Southern Poverty Law Center "one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement." He is the author of a book titled "What A Man Wants, What A Woman Needs: The Secret To Successful, Fulfilling Relationships.""It is better to vote for what you want and not get it
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Sent: Wed, September 22, 2010 2:36:35 PM
Subject: Re: Ed's Secret Problem?~~Reverend Shady
Bless you my Son.Rev. ShadyIn a message dated 9/22/2010 3:27:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Postherguy@aol.com writes:I didn't need that mental imageThanks a lot FatherMac the MouthSuccessfully blocked until 12:00 noon Sun. Jan 20, 2013In a message dated 9/22/2010 2:01:22 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ShadysLife@aol.com writes:It's very apparent to any one who reads your ranting letters to Ed that if you ever met him the first thing you would do is fall to your knees and blow him. You would swallow every last drop you skirt wearing freak. I can picture you blowing Ed while your wife licks his nut sack . OMG what a sightThe Very Reverend Father ShadyIn a message dated 9/21/2010 10:14:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mccloediii@dslextreme.com writes:Poor Eddy Fagboy, are you angry now that I gave away your family secret? Well it's no secret, I informed everyone here a long time ago that you were conceived in a dirty back alley in Brooklyn when your mother gave it away for a swig of some old black wino's cheap wine.And of course before I got you kicked off-line for your stupidity I exposed you as a fraud back when you used to try and make folks believe that you were "Luke Cummo". You're just a wannabee and a loser.
Give it up Eddy Fagboy, I've got your number and all you can do is fill out magazine subscriptions like the coward that you are. What an impotent creep you are. Anyone looking at your picture can see that.I really enjoy bitch slapping you. You're a nothing but still I get a kick out of it. Does filling out magazine subscriptions help you toos off when you hide in the bathroom from your mother?Mac.<====================================////////= Kicking Eddy Fagboy's ass for years now...
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Jesse Armstrong <jarno20060@yahoo.com> wrote:
And your mother is feeding a family of maggots right now with her eyeballs! Fucking fat shut-in you are.....
Love,
Jesse
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Sent: Sun, September 19, 2010 2:53:47 PM
Subject: Re: Ed's Secret Problem?
Yes, and if they swing both ways Eddy Fagboy offers them his mother.Mac.
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Heather Van Doran <vandoran.heather@yahoo.com> wrote:
At the notell inn at 73 Monroe St?
But Markie Poop goes there frequently to visit Eddy Fagboy as much as possible.Where do you think that faggots visiting New York stay when they visit Brooklyn? Yup, right up Eddy Fagboy's ass.Mac.
Heather Van Doran <vandoran.heather@yahoo.com> wrote:
Sorry Mark, I'm not one of Ed's street hos in Brooklyn.
From: Mark carpbear@sbcglobal.netWell, Heather - you know you can always stop and ask him to put on a condom.
MarkSent from my iPhone^__^{ . . }\_~_/
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