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Bishop Eddie Long Wants His Money Back!

buzzz worthy. . . The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) reports that Bishop Eddie Long, the Atlanta pastor who settled a sexual coercion case out of court, says he wants his money back.   Attorneys representing Long from Drew Eckl & Farnham wrote a letter to three of the five men involved in the case -- Jamal Parris, Spencer LeGrande and Centino Kemp -- asking for $900,000 of the total pay out alleging the young men violated terms of a confidentiality agreement with Long and New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.  Two of the accusers, Parris, 24 and LeGrande, 23 expressed their feelings about Long on a Florida news station and were interviewed by the AJC in August. Parris said he plans to release a book.  Kemp emerged as the fifth accuser later.  In late May, Kemp wrote on his Facebook page, "I may be bad but I got paid perfectly good for it." He has co-authored a book with T. Bens...

BISHOP PAUL MORTON SAYS EDDIE LONG MUST REPENT

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By Mona Austin In what appears to be an unprecedented gesture, Bishop Paul S. Morton, founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship (FGBCF) that ordained Eddie Long as Bishop, has openly rebuked him for remaining completely mum after settling a sexual coercion scandal involving four young men from his church, New Birth Cathedral (New Birth) in Georgia. To date Long, who is under a gag order, has not so much as offered parishioners, the community or the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship an acknowlegement, apology or admission of innocence or guilt about the allegedly licentious relationships. An audio recording of Morton addressing the matter in a Father's Day message appeared on You Tube. (View video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFjkcauYEGg&feature=player_embedded) Indicating Long stopped returning his phone calls, Morton said in the recording, ". . . Tell me something. Those that have stood with you. Tell us something. Tell your church somethi...