Bishop Eddie Long Steps down today to take out time with his family, according to CNN news. A couple days ago news broke that his wife Vanessa (pictured above) was filing for a divorce and changed her mind.
(CNN) -- Bishop Eddie Long, head of one of the nation's largest mega-churches, announced Sunday he is "taking time off" to work on his family.
The announcement came three days after his wife Vanessa filed for divorce.
Although her husband's church issued a statement later that same day saying she was withdrawing the divorce petition, Vanessa Long's attorney said she was proceeding with the it.
Last spring, Long, head of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, settled a lawsuit filed by four young men who accused him of pressuring them into sexual relations. while they were teenagers and members of the congregation.
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