09-24-2010, 03:57 PM
September 24, 2010
It has been reported that the Bishop Eddie Long is going to step down as pastor after his sermon set to be delivered on Sunday.
ATLANTA -- A fourth young male member of Bishop Eddie Long's megachurch says the prominent pastor coerced him into a sexual relationship, according to The Associated Press.
Attorney B.J. Bernstein said she is filing a lawsuit Friday on behalf of a member of New Birth Charlotte. New Birth Charlotte is a satellite church run by Long in Charlotte, N.C. The man met Long in May 2005.
The lawsuit said Long took the teenager to Kenya in July 2005 when he was 17 and engaged in sexual activities with him.
It said that Long later encouraged him to move to Atlanta, where the activity continued until early 2009.
A Channel 2 Action News crew spotted the embattled pastor leaving his home Friday morning.
Long has avoided the public eye since three former New Birth Missionary Baptist Church members filed a lawsuit this week accusing him of using his power to coerce them into sex.
It has been reported that the Bishop Eddie Long is going to step down as pastor after his sermon set to be delivered on Sunday.
ATLANTA -- A fourth young male member of Bishop Eddie Long's megachurch says the prominent pastor coerced him into a sexual relationship, according to The Associated Press.
Attorney B.J. Bernstein said she is filing a lawsuit Friday on behalf of a member of New Birth Charlotte. New Birth Charlotte is a satellite church run by Long in Charlotte, N.C. The man met Long in May 2005.
The lawsuit said Long took the teenager to Kenya in July 2005 when he was 17 and engaged in sexual activities with him.
It said that Long later encouraged him to move to Atlanta, where the activity continued until early 2009.
A Channel 2 Action News crew spotted the embattled pastor leaving his home Friday morning.
Long has avoided the public eye since three former New Birth Missionary Baptist Church members filed a lawsuit this week accusing him of using his power to coerce them into sex.