19,999 disregard the serious crimes he is charged with.
Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is accused of luring four young men into sexual relationships. His brief addresses to the congregation were met with thunderous applause and an outpouring of support during services that were part rock concert and part pep rally. The sanctuary was nearly filled to its 10,000-seat capacity for two services.
Incredibly, only one man out of 20,000 stood up and asked for answers. He was ejected. Serious criminal accusations mean nothing to the other 19,999 blinkered New Birth Missionary Baptists. With astonishingly delusional hypocrisy, they see their preacher as their own personal pathway to heaven and they will support him regardless of what he may have done.
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