ATLANTA (CBS / AP) New pictures have surfaced of Bishop Eddie Long, Pastor ProMinent of a 25.000-member mega-church outside Atlanta, as a Third Man has come forward accusing the anti-gay advocates of coercing him into sex.
CBS News' Erica Hill reports the Pastor allegedly cents his accusers Numerous photos of Himself Including at Least Several of him wearing spandex and workout clothes.
It's not Known precisely how the photos surfaced.
B.J. Bernstein, an attorney for The Three plaintiffs, said her clients cents Long dozens of e-mails, But They weren't "overly sexual," she said.
Long Canceled an Interview with the Tom Joyner Morning Show on Thursday, opting Instead Thurs make his first public response to the sex allegations DURING a service at his Atlanta-area church on Sunday, According to his lawyer, the WHO appeared on the Nationally syndicated radio show in Long's Absence.
Attorney Craig Gillen Joyner Told That Took Long trips are young men as part of a mentoring program, But stands by his denial of Claims That they HAD sex with Three of Them.
In lawsuits filed this week, the WHO Three Men were Members of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church claimed Long Them coerced into sexual relations with gifts Including cars, cash and travel When They Were 17 or 18 years old. The sprawling church in Lithonia, Ga.., About 18 miles outside of Atlanta, counts politicians, celebrities and the county sheriff among ITS Members and hosted four U.S. Presidents DURING the 2006 funeral of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 's widow, Coretta Scott King.
One of the Claims in the lawsuits Is that sexual contact had occurred Long with the young men, the WHO, were enrolled in the New Birth's ministry for tea boys, they DURING TRIPS Took Them is in the U.S. and abroad. Gillen said the travel was part of a mentoring program That Other Young Men Also participated in.
Gillen Also read a statement from Long in Which the Pastor, a married father of four, said he's anxious Thurs RESPOND to the allegations Bout That his lawyer has Advised Not to him yet.
"Let me be clear. The Charges Against Me and New Birth are false," Long's statement said.
Gillen Also Said The Three making the allegations were motivated by money, adding That is one of Them Accused of breaking into Long's office.
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