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	Lawsuit Filed against New Birth Missionary Church By Dale Russell My Fox Atlanta October 14, 2010 http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/lawsuit-filed-against-new-birth-missionary-church-101410 [with video] ATLANTA - There are more legal troubles for Bishop Eddie Long and his church. Another lawsuit has been filed, this one against New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. The lawsuit is a sexual harassment against a top church supervisor. The woman filing the lawsuit had worked for New Birth for 12 years. The woman states in the suit she was devoted to Eddie Long, but now she is fighting the church of the man she loved working for. The legal troubles for Bishop Eddie Long continue to mount up. "Enough is enough. He's done too much damage. It's time it stops," said Jamal Parris in an interview with FOX 5's Dale Russell. Parris and three other young men have filed sexual misconduct lawsuits against the popular Bishop Eddie Long and his 10,000 seat New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. The suit alleges the bishop sent them provocative pictures and lavished money and gifts on the then teenagers, while having sex with the young men. Long's attorney says the allegations are not true. Then, last week a bank sued Long for failing to pay off a $1.9 million loan used to buy a building in Clayton County. Now, another lawsuit has been filed in federal court. Tama Colson has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the church, accusing a church supervisor of improper sexual behavior and accusing the church of retaliating against her when she complained. His New Birth bio calls Michael Ceaser an award-winning videographer who oversees all technical support for the video recording of church services. In the lawsuit, Colson, an employee in his department claims Ceaser showed her "a picture of a penis" on his cell phone. The lawsuit states Colson complained to a security official at the church who warned her that Ceaser and his boss were, "part of Bishop Eddie Long's inner circle and were never disciplined for any wrong doing." The suit says DeKalb County police were called to the church when church officials got in a heated argument with Colson. FOX 5's Dale Russell was at the church that day. The suit contends the security director told her Ceaser had engaged in improper behavior with other women at New Birth and, "the church's leadership did not discipline Ceaser, but ran the women out of the church" Neither Colson nor her attorney would talk with FOX 5 News about the lawsuit. FOX 5 News attempted to reach Ceaser through his Facebook page, but he did not respond. Bishop Long's spokesperson says New Birth has a strict policy to report sexual harassment within 48 hours. Colson did not make her complaint known to top officials until nearly a year after it happened. New Birth is investigating.
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