An ex-governor, an NFL Hall of Famer and thousands of others paid their final respects Wednesday to Bishop Eddie Long, a pastor who built a Georgia megachurch but whose final years fell under the shadow of sexual misconduct allegations.
Long, 63, was senior pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Lithonia, about 19 miles east of Atlanta. He died Jan. 15 after battling cancer.
"This man taught me how to face adversity, this man taught me how to stand in the midst of the storm," former NFL player Deion Sanders said during the service. "This man taught me so much of how to even be a man."
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