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steve osunsami has the latest. steve? >> reporter: onin across atlanta and on black syndicated radio across the country, they're all asking whether bishop eddie long, of new birth missionary baptist church, said enough. it was the first time he addressed the sex scandal before him. ♪ it was one of the most well attended sunday services here in years, some 8,000 parishioners who waited for hours in traffic and came to hear their pastor answer his accusers. >> this is probably the most difficult time in my entire life. >> reporter: it was pure th the buildup, his arrival. bishop eddie long refusing to say much, but never denying accusations he took boys on trips and showered them with expensive gifts. >> it will be tried in the court of justice and dealt with in the court of justice. i feel like david against goliath. but i got five rocks, and i haven't thrown one yet. >> reporter: after the service, he held a news conference where, under the advice of his lawyers, he again said very little. >> i am going to fight, fight
steve osunsami has the latest. steve? >> reporter: onin across atlanta and on black syndicated radio across the country, they're all asking whether bishop eddie long, of new birth missionary baptist church, said enough. it was the first time he addressed the sex scandal before him. ♪ it was one of the most well attended sunday services here in years, some 8,000 parishioners who waited for hours in traffic and came to hear their pastor answer his accusers. >> this is probably the...
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steve osunsami is covering the story in atlanta. steve? >> reporter: good morning, ashleigh. we expect the pews at the church to be quite full this morning. all week long there have been rumors that bishop eddie long might step down today, but his people are telling us that's just not the case and that he plans to stay. >> thank god for them. >> reporter: he's the leader of one of the largest african-american churches in the world with some 25,000 members and 250 acres, and this morning's sermon is his first public response to the four young men who say he pushed them into sex. his accusers say there is a pattern. >> it's a progression and it's different with each one in terms of how it starts. sometimes it's a hug. it's a kiss, throwing your leg, will you massage me at the gym and then it progresses from there. >> reporter: in the fourth lawsuit filed on friday, 22-year-old spencer legrande says he was 17 when the preacher first put the moves on him. he says long had taken him on a eight-day trip to kenya with stops in london, gave him a tablet of ambien. and told him, it wo
steve osunsami is covering the story in atlanta. steve? >> reporter: good morning, ashleigh. we expect the pews at the church to be quite full this morning. all week long there have been rumors that bishop eddie long might step down today, but his people are telling us that's just not the case and that he plans to stay. >> thank god for them. >> reporter: he's the leader of one of the largest african-american churches in the world with some 25,000 members and 250 acres, and...
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for "good morning america," steve osunsami. >> a lot of questions. >>> now, a peek at "world news" and what they're reporting on for tonight. here's diane sawyer. >> hello, juju. good wednesday morning to you. tonight on "world news," a powerful investigation. teenage girls being tricked and lured into the sex trade in america. girls from the suburbs. girls still in school. how does it happen? and where is it happening? a big investigation breaking tonight. >> unimaginable. that's the news at 8:04. >>> time, now, for the weather lkith he, now, for the weather go ahead, ladies. [ cheers ] and by the way, juju, i want to show you in a our friend, kelly orni high high-heel-a-thon, in central park. our live shot from our friends at wabc. live on "regis and kelly" she'll be running with 500 women, along with kristin chenoweth. tim gunn is a roving reporter for all this. the report will support the heart truth campaign for women's heart health education research. you have to show up in three-inch-high heels or you can't run. can't can't run in regular run shoes. all that thmorn we were kind
for "good morning america," steve osunsami. >> a lot of questions. >>> now, a peek at "world news" and what they're reporting on for tonight. here's diane sawyer. >> hello, juju. good wednesday morning to you. tonight on "world news," a powerful investigation. teenage girls being tricked and lured into the sex trade in america. girls from the suburbs. girls still in school. how does it happen? and where is it happening? a big investigation...
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>> a rough night for steve osunsami. >>> let's go back to elizabeth. you're at the weather wall with where the storm's going next. >> right, george. earl is the most powerful hurricane to threaten the northeast in nearly 20 years. the storm is causing major travel delays, during this busy holiday weekend. at least 50 continental flights have been canceled from newark. and amtrak has canceled trains from newport news to parts of virginia. the northeast is anxiously awaiting earl's blast. we go, now, to john berman on montauk, on the eastern end of long island, the way earl is affecting things there. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. well, no wind here yet but some serious waves. this beach i'm standing on right now is one of the best surf spots on the entire east coast. we have no surfers here. several came by and they said, not me. not today. the waves are already ten feet high in some cases. one of the big concerns on beaches like this is erosion. when the storm gets going, the water will come up and cover the entire beach. cov
>> a rough night for steve osunsami. >>> let's go back to elizabeth. you're at the weather wall with where the storm's going next. >> right, george. earl is the most powerful hurricane to threaten the northeast in nearly 20 years. the storm is causing major travel delays, during this busy holiday weekend. at least 50 continental flights have been canceled from newark. and amtrak has canceled trains from newport news to parts of virginia. the northeast is anxiously awaiting...
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steve osunsami has the report on the new allegations. >> reporter: 23-year-old jamal parris, stood by the allegations. he called bishop eddie long a predator. he said he swept into his life, used him for sex, and then moved on. >> i cannot get the small of his cologne. and i cannot forget the way he made me cry when i drove his cars on the way home. not able to take enough showers to wipe the smell of him off of my body. >> reporter: his lawsuit reaches much like the other three. when he was 17, he said long would take him alone to the guesthouse. and encouraged jamal parris to call him daddy. and used the holy scripture to justify and support the sexual activity. >> that man cannot look me in my eye and tell me we did not live this pain. you are not a man. you are a monster. >> reporter: parris' attorney sat down with us last night. and she said the young men were brave to come forward. >> if you are a victim and you are a young man or a boy, no matter when it happened in your life, it is time to stand up and get to someone. and tell them, come forward now. >> i'm going to fight. >>
steve osunsami has the report on the new allegations. >> reporter: 23-year-old jamal parris, stood by the allegations. he called bishop eddie long a predator. he said he swept into his life, used him for sex, and then moved on. >> i cannot get the small of his cologne. and i cannot forget the way he made me cry when i drove his cars on the way home. not able to take enough showers to wipe the smell of him off of my body. >> reporter: his lawsuit reaches much like the other...
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our steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: he's one of the largest figures in the black church today. bishop eddie long, the head of a megachurch outside of atlanta, with some 25,000 members. and now, two of them say he had sex with them when they were teenagers. >> allegations are that sexual things started to happen at the ages of 17 and 18 years old. >> reporter: today, maurice robinson and anthony flag are in their 20s. and in two, separate lawsuits, they say that bishop long held private, spiritual ceremonies, with they say he coerced certain young male members and employees into acts of sexual relationships. they say he showered them with cars, clothes, jewelry and electronics. and flew them across the world in private jets and put them up in luxury hotels. they were 17, above the age of consent. but say long violated his fiduciary duty by pushing them into sex. outside of the church last night, after bible study, they refused to believe it. >> this man loved his wife, with a passion. >> reporter: the church says one of the men was arrested this summer. and charged with stealing
our steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: he's one of the largest figures in the black church today. bishop eddie long, the head of a megachurch outside of atlanta, with some 25,000 members. and now, two of them say he had sex with them when they were teenagers. >> allegations are that sexual things started to happen at the ages of 17 and 18 years old. >> reporter: today, maurice robinson and anthony flag are in their 20s. and in two, separate lawsuits, they say that bishop...