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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 bishop's 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 was a homosexual. >> reporter: the spokesman tells cnn he adamantly denies the allegations, the young...

I interviewed him back in october of last year, he said the same thing, edon't believe in gay marriage. it is against god. we're 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 anthony to know, and for the bishop to tell him, i will always have your back, and you will always ha...

That you were hypocritical in the sense because at first you didn't tell the truth about it. you said, well, you know, these allegations are false. >> right. >> and you didn't believe in gay marriage and that you didn't believe in homosexuality at all. so i want to talk about this. because bishop eddie long also has said the same things. he doesn't believe in gay marriage it's 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 don't believe in gay marriage it's against god. play number two for me, tom. talk about a marriage ce...