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CNN is reporting that a former employee of Bishop Eddie Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has filed a lawsuit against the place of worship, alleging its employees retaliated against her after she complained of sexual harassment.

The civil lawsuit, filed Wednesday on behalf of Tama Colson in the U.S. District Court of North Georgia, asks for unspecified damages.

Colson claims a male employee showed her a photo of a penis on a cell phone and that he and others later retaliated against her for complaining.

Her lawsuit claims the church is culpable for sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of fiduciary duty and infliction of emotional distress. The church’s pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, is not named as a defendant.

“New Birth has a strict policy against sexual harassment that requires employees to report the complaint within 48 hours of the abuse,” Long and church spokesman Art Franklin said in a statement late Thursday.

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article courtesy of Eurweb.com

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