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  • Bishop Eddie Long (left) embraces an attendee at services at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church outside Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. Bishop Long, the pastor of the Georgia megachurch, who is accused of luring young men into sexual relationships, told his congregation of thousands that all people must face painful and distasteful situations. (AP Photo/John Amis, Pool)

    Ga. megachurch pastor pledges to fight accusations

    Bishop Eddie Long said Sunday that he will fight allegations that he lured young men into sexual relationships, stressing that he would be back to lead the church the next week.

  • ** FILE ** In this Jan. 18, 2007, file photo, Bishop Eddie Long, of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, in Lithonia, Ga., gestures during an interview in Lithonia. Two men on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, filed a lawsuit accusing Long of exploiting his role as pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch to coerce them into sexual relationships when they were members of his congregation. (AP Photo/Gene Blythe, File)

    Ga. pastor's academy had 'sex self-check card'

    The pastor accused of using a program to groom young men for sexual relationships billed the boys academy as a "rite of passage," teaching students about interest rates, Social Security and sexual control, even making them carry a card that listed three things they could be doing rather than having sex.

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