CNN Breaking News: Eddie Long Told His Church He's " taking time off " From Ministry to Work on His Family
Sunday, December 4, 2011 Georgia televangelist Eddie Long told his congregation Sunday that he is "taking time off" from the church to work on his family. His announcement came just three days after his wife filed for divorce.
Long is senior pastor and bishop of the New Birth Missionary Church, which has more than 25,000 members, according to its website.
Last spring, he settled a lawsuit filed by four young men who accused him of pressuring them into s*xual relationships while they were teenagers and members of Long's congregation at the church, in an Atlanta suburb.
That suit alleged that Long "uses monetary funds from the accounts of New Birth and other corporate and non-profit corporate accounts to entice the young men with cars, clothes, jewelry, and electronics."
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Long is senior pastor and bishop of the New Birth Missionary Church, which has more than 25,000 members, according to its website.
Last spring, he settled a lawsuit filed by four young men who accused him of pressuring them into s*xual relationships while they were teenagers and members of Long's congregation at the church, in an Atlanta suburb.
That suit alleged that Long "uses monetary funds from the accounts of New Birth and other corporate and non-profit corporate accounts to entice the young men with cars, clothes, jewelry, and electronics."
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@ Sister Irma,
I know right! Bishop is working on how he can try as he may... to "Recover what he's obviously ALREADY LOST... his WIFE or least keep her from taking his remaining TREASURES (church, cars, home(s), jet, minks, furs, jewelry, money (the church's money).
He's truly a selfish man who is only concerned for himself, because he's certainly not concerned for New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Members or his family. Had he been... he would have "come clean", apologized to those young boys and their families, asked his wife and families forgiveness, and REPENTED before GOD and The New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Fold AS WELL AS STEPPED DOWN AS SENIOR PASTOR FOR A TIME>>>>
He would have been forgiven and perhaps he would still have both his church family and his wife. TOO, Late EDDIE.... May the lesson of Jim Bakker serve you well.