"Flagg's suit says that Long presided over a spiritual "covenant" ceremony between the two of them. "It was essentially a marriage ceremony, with candles, exchange of jewelry, and biblical quotes," Bernstein said Tuesday. "The bishop [told] him I will always have your back and you will always have mine." Robinson's suit alleges that "Defendant Long would use Holy Scripture to discuss and justify the intimate relationship between himself and Plaintiff Robinson."
If I remember correctly, Christian cult leaders have been homophobic ever since Paul said in an epistle that "effeminate, weak men" would not enter the kingdom of God. And it just so happens that Christian cult leaders have been picking out cute teenage boys ever since that same Paul circumsized Timothy.