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Aspire to be. >> reporter: in separate lawsuits, two young men say bishop long used his spiritual authority to coerce and manipulate them into destructive sexual relationships. 20-year-old maurice robinson and 21-year-old anthony flag say they met eddie long through the bishops longfellow youth academy. >> he would use biblical stories to talk about how important it was to follow your leader and master. and let him know that the acts that he was engaged in were not necessarily meaning that he wa...

I interviewed him back in october of last year, he said the same thing, edont believe in gay marriage. it is against god. were going to talk about a marriage ceremony, or a commitment ceremony that he is alleged to have had with one of the young men. >> eventually it turned into such a relationship that the bishop had a is ceremony with anthony flag called a covenant. it was essentially a marriage ceremony, where there was candles, exchange of jewelry. and biblical quotes given. in order for ant...

That you were hypocritical in the sense because at first you didnt tell the truth about it. you said, well, you know, these allegations are false. >> right. >> and you didnt believe in gay marriage and that you didnt believe in homosexuality at all. so i want to talk about this. because bishop eddie long also has said the same things. he doesnt believe in gay marriage its against god and as a matter of fact to me when i interviewed him back in october of last year he said the same thing i dont b...