On Wednesday, mourners gathered to pay their final respects to Bishop Eddie Long who passed away on Jan. 15 after a battle with cancer. He was 63.
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Bishop Eddie Long has passed away and he will soon be funeralized. However, Black church communities cannot bury his troubled past with him. The church—New Birth et al.—must reckon with the Goliath of child sexual abuse and rescue the true Davids, our children, from the perverse and death-dealing realities of molestation, incest and rape.
Embattled megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long has returned to the pulpit of Georgia’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church after being away for weeks, but the senior pastor has lost a significant amount of weight, prompting more dire prognoses about the state of his health.
In the wake of a loud outcry throughout the Jewish community, Bishop Eddie Long has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League for last Sunday’s service at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church during which Rabbi Ralph Messer crowned him a king, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. SEE ALSO: Sexually Assaulted: Am I To Blame? “The ceremony was […]
If you think Eddie Long’s drama couldn’t get any more bizarre, trust us IT CAN! Elev8 reports that New Birth has “crowned” Eddie Long “King!” SEE ALSO: Five Ways “Soul Train” Changed America Why Soul Train Will Never Leave America’s Station YES, we’re serious! In a recent service on January 29th 2012, Eddie Long who […]
Sex crimes are not limited to the Catholic church. If you believe that only Catholic priests are committing heinous sexual abuse and assaults you are misguided. Sexual assaults of minors has absolutely nothing to do with celibacy! Bishop Long Gets Bold & Sues His Accusers Lawyers The following cases are not the exceptions. They are […]
Burglary charges against one of the men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual misconduct, have been dropped after Long refused to testify. Anthony Boyd, who accused Long of sexual coercion, was accused in 2010 of breaking into the office of Bishop Eddie Long’s offices and stealing over $100,000 worth of property. Boyd told the […]
Eddie Long’s two other accusers come forward to talk about what happened to them and tell why they are speaking up now. Last week Centrino came forward to talk about the abuse at Long’s hands. Now, Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande talked to local CBS TV to say they knew they were risking the money […]
Jamal Parris, one of the men who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual abuse, was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Parris was arrested in June when Miami police found a gun and drugs in his BMW during a traffic stop. According to Parris, he […]
ATLANTA — It seems that the list of accusers for Bishop Eddie Long just keep getting well, longer. A 22-year-old gay man is accusing Bishop Eddie Long of having a sexual relationship with him while he was in college. Centino Kemp, who was raised in the Bahamas, said the relationship was so intense that he […]
Jamal Parris, who accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual coercion was arrested with suspicion of drug possession in Florida, where he was pulled over in a 2011 white BMW with no tags. When the officer searched the vehicle, he found 181 grams of marijuana, 50 clear bags, a handgun and $1, 250 in cash. In […]
