Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:23am

How creepy is this:

The men -- Anthony Flagg, 21, and Maurice Robinson, 20 -- allege Long used a private spiritual ceremony to mark a "covenant" between them, with both becoming his "spiritual son."

Flagg alleges that Long then used that relationship to take him on overnight trips where they shared a bedroom and engaged in kissing, masturbation and "oral sexual contact."

Robinson, who claimed Long engaged in oral sex with him, said the pastor would cite Scripture to justify their relationship.




So, is this like spiritual incest?

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 6:53am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boKbBC4v_VM

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#3

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 7:35am

I had to pull one more quote b/c it's just so good:

"In the pulpit, Long seamlessly blends muscle and ministry.

He wears tight shirts that display his weight-lifter arms. He writes books such as "Gladiator, the Strength of a Man," that teaches men how to be warriors for God. He says he has a special calling to reach out to men."

To cross reference another thread, I would edit this last line to say "He says he has a special calling to literally reach out to men."

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#4

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 9:46am

The article had me at "As Bishop Eddie Long poked through a salad in his church office one summer day in 1999 . . ."

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 9:52am

"Once, he even boasted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that some mothers at New Birth trusted him enough to bring their wayward teenage boys to him for paddling.

"'When I say bend over, even on Sunday, they bend over,' he said, referring to the boys he paddled."

#6

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:02am

It's not enough that he's profiting disgustingly off of religion, he has to coerce young men into sex as well?

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:22am

Well you know, Kad when the lord commands we all must follow.

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:25am

and accept 4-year scholarships to college.

#9

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:28am

He's apparently denying it, of course.

Which made me wonder -- have any allegations of sexual misconduct by one of these church loonies ever been unfounded?

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:29am

I don't know. Let me ask the Pope.

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#11

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:37am

Not that I know of, but there are, apparently, some credibility issues:

"One of the plaintiffs was arrested and charged with burglary after Long's office was broken into, according to a police report. The attorney representing both men, B.J. Bernstein, said the break-in was retaliation against Long after he realized 'he wasn't the only one' to have had a sexual relationship with the pastor."

Still, even if that's true, it wouldn't appear to explain the other guy's motivation.

If there were overnight trips and he shared a room with the boys, that should be easy enough to prove, though it doesn't, of course, prove sexual contact.

Still . . .

#12

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:47am

#13

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:53am

Well that jacket is way more offensive than coercing young men into sex.

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#14

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:54am

"Hey, watch that hand, Eddie!"

#15

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 10:56am

Agreed, Taz. When a grown man dresses like Captain Kangaroo (Michael Jackson, anyone?), he bears watching.

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 11:07am

Don't insult Captain Kangaroo that way.

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"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 11:14am

I should have said "When a grown man dresses like Captain Kangaroo, and he's NOT THE HOST OF A KIDDIE SHOW . . ."

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 11:17am

But Reg, apparently he's been hosting the boy kiddies for years.

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 2:25pm

It was God's will.

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 2:28pm

"It was God's will."

Looks like God didn't leave me anything in His will.

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"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 3:23pm

Third time's the charm

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#22

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 3:28pm

Reverend, just an idea: When you need a lawyer to defend yourself against accusations you had sex with teen age boys, don't hire one named "BJ."

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 3:50pm

BJ represents the first two victims.

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#24

Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 3:57pm

To clarify once and for all:

If you're anti-gay, you're gay.

There.

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Powerful anti-gay Megacgurch leader accused of (surprise!) coercing men into sex

Posted: 9/22/10 at 3:58pm

Pretty much.

The bigger the mouth on a homophobe, the more likely they suck d!ck with it.