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	Bishop Eddie Long Answers Lawsuits By Dale Russell My Fox Atlanta November 1, 2010 http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/bishop-eddie-long-answers-lawsuit-110110 ATLANTA - FOX 5 News has learned that Bishop Eddie Long filed a response to the sexual coercion lawsuits against him Monday. Bishop Long is flat out denying the allegations made against him. Attorney William Hill filed a response to the lawsuits by Eddie Long. When allegations of sexual misconduct first surfaced, Bishop Eddie Long told the congregation he would fight, but never specifically denied the allegations. Now, he has. In court filings, Bishop Long categorically says he never had a sexual relationship with any of the plaintiffs. "Enough is enough. He's done too much damage. It's time it stops," said Jamal Parris in an interview with FOX 5 back in September. Parris and three other young men have filed sexual misconduct lawsuits against the popular Bishop and his 10,000 seat New Birth Missionary Baptist church. The lawsuits allege the bishop sent them provocative pictures and lavished money and gifts on the then teenagers, while having sex with the young men. Now, Bishop Long has filed an answer to all four lawsuits, claiming, in bold letters on the first page the claims of sexual misconduct are not true. In all four of the law suits, Bishop Long admitted he was a mentor to a number of young men, trying to build stability in their lives. He admitted to traveling with the young men and at times sharing a room. In an exclusive interview, Parris said the Bishop lavished money, gifts, and support in exchange for sex and always wanted the young men to consider him their "daddy." "You finally have a father that you've always wanted for and always dreamed of. He would just walk away from you if you don't give him what he wants. So you end up turning into something you never thought you would be, which is now a slave to a man that you love," said Parris. In the lawsuit, Long admitted young men in the church called him "daddy" or sometimes "granddaddy" and he specifically denied in every lawsuit that he ever had sex with any of the four young men.
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