Georgia is starting to be more concerned about the Bishop Eddie Long wrongdoing going on. The accusations for the Vatican are cash laundering and child abuse. High profile ministers are in trouble for inappropriate conduct at present as well. In Lithonia, Ga., there is a large Evangelical mega church. This church has more than 24,000 members and is run by Bishop Eddie Long. He developed, supposedly, inappropriate relationships. These were all with teenage boys in his congregation. Post resource – Bishop Eddie Long scandal erupts in Georgia by Personal Money Store.
Accusations being made within the Eddie Long Scandal
Teenage boys in the Bishop Eddie Long congregation have been abused by Eddie Long supposedly. Inappropriate relationships were made. He had two lawsuits filed against him. These originated from Anthony Flagg and Maurice Robinson. The lawsuits accuse Bishop Eddie Long of sexual coercion, according to ABC. The new Birth Missionary Baptist Church gave aid to both men that had troubled backgrounds in their history. As the spiritual advisor and benefactor of the church, Bishop Long abused his role. With this power, he solicited favors from the boys, according to the suit. Also, Robinson stole from Long’s office most recently. Over $1,000 in property was stolen.
Long denies allegations
Attorneys of Eddie Long say that nothing inappropriate ever happened. Long’s attorney described the lawsuit as an attempted shakedown, as outlined by CNN. Anti-homosexual has been Long’s stance for a while. That shakes things up. He has been considered to be, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an extreme homophobe after being in a very same sex marriage protest. Parishioners have thus far been in disbelief. Other clergymen in these cases have been within the same position as Pastor Long. He is married and also the father of four children. This scandal is a quite big one for the Vatican as numerous others are about the same.
Hardly any details
Before, Bishop Long was part of a Congressional investigation. This was meant to be towards televangelists that have large congregations there. The result of that inquiry is unknown. There has been no decision made on either case yet. They’ll both be in court eventually.
CNN
cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/21/georgia.pastor.abuse/?hpt=C2
ABC News
abcnews.go.com/US/mega-church-bishop-denies-sexual-abuse-lawyer-promises/story?id=11697961 and page=1
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