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ATLANTA - Two men have a complaint, Bishop Eddie Long accused his role as a pastor of a mega-church in the Atlanta area to be used to compel them to sex when they were young members of his congregation.
Attorneys for the men, now 20 and 21, say they have a complaint Tuesday with the Court of DeKalb County. The Associated Press in general does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual misconduct is.
Craig scream, a lawyer for the Long, the pastor said Tuesday categorically "denied these allegations."
"We regret that these two young men running from action" to follow, say, yell, adding that Long has not been served with copies of hearing.
The men were 17 - and members of the 18-year-old from Long's New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, when his long spiritual authority to seduce them with the cars, money, clothes, jewelry says abused, international travel and access to the familiar.
BJ Bernstein, a lawyer by the plaintiffs, said that if the relationship began, applicants legal age of consent in Georgia, which passed 15.
"The defendant has long used his spiritual authority a little male to force ... to engage in sexual relations and his own sexual Grafiti," the prosecution read.
Asked about a possible motive for the charges, scream reference to a burglary in the office up and down in June
Bernstein said one of the applicants have a criminal complaint against burglary in the incident face. She said the interruption was a Long way to fall.
Bernstein said that his contacts with the Office of the U.S. earlier this month when it learned of the allegations of the Young Men's. It is not known what action, if necessary, the agency plans to take.
Orzy Theus, a spokesman for the office of the District Attorney for DeKalb County, said she was not aware of any investigation in that office Tuesday with the allegations.
Long was the name of a pastor of New Birth in 1987. Then the church about 150 members. Less than four years later, the church grew to more than 8,000 members, many of whom live in DeKalb County, home of many wealthy African Americans. Athletes and artists claim membership in the church, and among its leading clerics are the Rev. Bernice King, youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, the new birth is about 250 hectares and more than 25,000 members, a cathedral of $ 50 million, 10 000 places and more than 40 ministries - including Longfellow Youth Academy, a program of education for young men 13-18.