he has a beautiful family. he's a successful family man, he drives a fancy car, he wears custom tailored clothes. so in some ways some would argue that he is the man that all women want and that all men are supposed to aspire to be. >> reporter: but in separate lawsuits, two young men, former church members 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 flagg say they met eddie long through the bishop long fellow youth academy. >> he would use biblical stories to talk about how important it was to follow your leader. and your master. and let him know that the acts that he was engaged in were not necessarily meaning that he was a homosexual. >> reporter: bishop long's spokesman tells cnn he adamantly denies the allegations.