Bishop Eddie Long, head of one of the nation's largest mega churches, announced Sunday he will take "time off" from the pulpit to work on his family.
When Bishop Eddie Long stood before his congregation in Lithonia, Georgia, on Sunday to declare he would not be focused on the past and would look forward, his supporters said that was the right thing to do after he settled a civil suit alleging he coerced young, male followers into sex.
The streets that were once choked with traffic are now bare. The church's sprawling parking lot is half full. Inside the stylish sanctuary, ushers sway to choir music in front of empty seats.
In September, Bishop Eddie Long spoke publicly for the first time since sex abuse lawsuits were filed.
The prominent Georgia pastor being sued for sexual coercion by four men will face his accusers in court next summer if the cases cannot be settled through mediation before then.
In responses to four suits accusing him of coercing young men into sexual relationships, prominent Georgia pastor Eddie Long denies the claims and asks that the suits be dismissed.
One author thinks the Bishop Eddie Long scandal should prompt a broader conversation about sex in the black church.
Bishop Eddie Long, his face glistening with sweat, paces onstage before his cheering congregation.
In September, one of the young men accusing pastor Eddie Long of sexual coercion, spoke to Atlanta TV Station WAGA.
Eddie Long, the controversial Georgia bishop, has been sued for defaulting on a property loan in Georgia.
Long before Focus on the Family, the 700 Club or even the Bible, there was a basic spiritual hunger: A hunger to know where we came from, a hunger to know what happens when we leave, a hunger to know if there is a God.
Spencer LeGrande says he decided to speak out after seeing others come forward with their stories.
Jonathan Walton was walking through Bishop Eddie Long's church one day when he saw something that disturbed him.
A prominent Georgia pastor accused of sexual coercion has canceled plans to attend a pastor installation at a Florida church, a spokeswoman for that church said, "due to recent developments."
Over the past two decades, Bishop Eddie Long has built his public ministry at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta, Georgia, upon a testosterone-laden theology and a hypermasculine image.
As Bishop Eddie Long poked through a salad in his church office one summer day in 1999, he shot a weary look at a person ticking off his ministry's successes.
Rev. Carlton Pearson talks about preaching that everyone has a place in heaven, including gay people.
Baptist televangelist Eddie Long said Sunday he will fight allegations that he coerced young male church members into having sex with him.
Baptist televangelist Eddie Long said Sunday he will fight allegations that he coerced young male church members into having sex with him.
The power of any pastor over his or her parishioners is derived from their "calling" to minister the Gospel from God, or as some call it, the anointing by the Holy Spirit. But the role of a pastor -- the Bible speaks to being a shepherd of a flock -- also comes from the belief that it is their moral standing as the earthly representative of God to lead their congregations spiritually.
CNN's Rick Sanchez has latest on the growing sexual coercion charges against Atlanta-based pastor Eddie Long.
A fourth lawsuit has been filed against Atlanta-area pastor Eddie Long, alleging he coerced a 17-year-old into a sexual relationship during a 2005 trip the two took to Africa.
Photos emerge of Bishop Eddie Long wearing a muscle shirt.
In a statement read on a syndicated radio show Thursday, Atlanta-based megachurch pastor Eddie Long denied he had coerced young male church members into sex, as alleged in three lawsuits filed against him.
Atlanta-based megachurch pastor Eddie Long, accused of coercing young men into sexual relationships, will go on radio and make a statement Thursday following civil lawsuits a spokesman has termed a "shakedown" for money.
Atlanta-based megachurch pastor Eddie Long, accused of coercing young men into sexual relationships, will go on radio and make a statement Thursday following civil lawsuits a spokesman has termed a "shakedown" for money.
Two Georgia men have filed a lawsuit claiming that prominent Atlanta, Georgia, pastor Eddie Long coerced them into sex.
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