Bishop Eddie Long, the Atlanta based minister accused of sexual coercion of four young men, reached an out-of-court settlement in late May. However, the details of this settlement are slowly leaking out. According to sources, Bishop Eddie Long has allegedly agreed to pay $25 million dollars collectively and he has agreed to extent apologies to each claimant. The four young men accused Long of engaging in intimate sexual acts with them such as massages, masturbation and oral sex.The settlement comes eight months after Eddie Long, the senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Church in Georgia, announced to his congregation of 25,000 members, that he would fight the accusations against him, as the congregation cheered in response to the statement. Now eight months later, it is alleged that he has agreed to pay out $25 million dollars (collectively) AND apologize to the claimants. This is a huge concession to make; especially if you didn't do anything wrong. If this is true...it leaves a big question mark in the heads of many people.This knowledge about the alleged details of the lawsuit has me reeling because now I am questioning the validity of his denials. What do you think?
This is an obvious admission of guilt, 25million dollars seems like a payoff to try to keep further information from coming out. If a lawyer advises you to settle that means you probably wont win. But on another note how many Pastors have 25 mill to give away??? Any churches giving out that kinda cash can definitely give me a call
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It does raise some questions. I hope that all parties are seeking the Lord through prayer because the upcoming weeks are going to be hard for all parties, including the Congregation, involved.
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