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Despite allegations that he lured four young men into sexual relationships, many of Bishop Eddie Long’s followers remain unwavering in their support for him.

’Bishop’ Eddie Long, who has become famous and fabulously wealthy as pastor to a Georgia mega-church, strongly denounces multiple charges of sex abuse with male minors and compares himself to the biblical shepherd David fighting the giant Goliath.

On Sunday mornings, accused megachurch Bishop Eddie Long is usually draped in regal robes and dripping with diamonds and platinum - the kind of material rewards he often says are in God’s plan for those listening.

A lawsuit accuses prominent, anti-gay black pastor Eddie Long of pressuring three young men into sex when they were teens. Will the allegations spark change in America’s black churches?

The pastor of a nationally known Atlanta-area megachurch took other young men on trips as part of a mentoring program but stands by his denial of claims that he had sex with three of them, a lawyer for the religious leader said Thursday.

The pastor of a nationally known Atlanta-area megachurch will wait until Sunday services to speak publicly about claims he has already denied that he coerced young men into sex.

An Atlanta-area megachurch pastor denies allegations in a lawsuit filed by two men accusing him of coercing them into a sexual relationship, his attorney said.