Hours after announcing she had filed for divorce from megachurch pastor Bishop Eddie Long, his wife, Vanessa, issued a statement Friday saying she had withdrawn her petition.

John Amis, AP Vanessa and Eddie Long, the beleaguered pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, have been married for more than two decades.

.Vanessa Long had issued a statement early Friday morning saying that she had filed for divorce Thursday from Long, the pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.

By early afternoon, she had a change of heart.

"Upon prayerful reflection, I have reconsidered and plan to withdraw my petition for divorce from my husband, Bishop Eddie L. Long," she said in an emailed statement bearing the New Birth logo. "I love my husband. I believe in him and admire his strength and courage."

She went on to blame "years of attacks in the media" for her initial decision to seek a divorce.

It was a reversal of her statement Friday morning in which she said, "After a great deal of deliberation and prayer, I have decided to terminate my marriage to Bishop Eddie L. Long. Accordingly, I authorized my attorneys to file for divorce on December 1, 2011," Vanessa Long said in a statement.

Last fall, four young men accused Eddie Long of coercing them into having sex. Their lawsuits were settled in May, then dismissed.

Also in Vanessa Long's first statement: "It is my sincere hope that this matter can be resolved expeditiously, harmoniously and fairly. I ask that you respect my privacy and that of my family, as my attorneys and I have agreed that we will not try this case in the media, and I do not intend to make any further statements concerning this matter." The couple married in 1990. They have three children together, Edward, Jared and Taylor.

The lawsuit dismissals, first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, prevent the four defendants from suing Long again for the same alleged offense.

The accusations made against Long by Anthony Flagg, Spencer LeGrande, Jamal Parris and Maurice Robinson alleged that the bishop used his influence, trips, gifts and jobs to coerce them into sexual relations.

Long denied the men's allegations through a spokesman shortly after they became public in September and told his congregation he planned to "vigorously" fight them.

We have to applaud her courage unlike some other "Pastor's wives" who live separately from their husbands either in the same house, different house/city but don't divorce because of the title, privileges, and or cash.

ogajim:


We have to applaud her courage unlike some other "Pastor's wives" who live separately from their husbands either in the same house, different house/city

but don't divorce because of the title, privileges, and or cash.

http://mrmokelly.com/2011/06/atlanta-journal-constitution-cites-the-mokelly-report-re-vanessa-long-coverage/

We have to applaud her courage?

That email message was 6 months ago, do we still have to applaud her courage?

Anyway since previously releasing a statement saying that she was cancelling her divorce petition, she's decided 3 hours ago to go ahead with it

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I thought the "Church" released the statement on her behalf yesterday, either way, she took her time to come up with this,

Like Herman Cain who just announced he was pulling out of the GOP primaries, Eddie Long handled this thing badly, it might be a Georgian thing considering but are from the state of Georgia,

ogajim:


^^^

I thought the "Church" released the statement on her behalf yesterday, either way, she took her time to come up with this,

Like Herman Cain who just announced he was pulling out of the GOP primaries, Eddie Long handled this thing badly, it might be a Georgian thing considering but are from the state of Georgia,

Oh yeah, the church did but then . . .

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/11013254-eddie-longs-wife-vanessa-long-moves-on-with-divorce


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKfcIPl0NYk

People exist in this forum who would argue that Eddie Long is innocent because no Court found him guilty, we'll see what they have to say now that Mrs. Long has moved out and filed for divorce.

ogajim:

People exist in this forum who would argue that Eddie Long is innocent because no Court found him guilty, we'll see what they have to say now that Mrs. Long has moved out and filed for divorce.

Abeg please! The guy wanna guilty die? Gaddem child molester. They should hang him by his balls.