An Atlanta television station has landed the first know interview with one of Bishop Eddie Long’s accusers.

Fox 5 flew to Colorado this week and found Jamal Parris shopping at a 24-hour superstore. Parris was one of the first men to file lawsuits against Long, alleging that the Georgia preacher used scripture, money and influence to coerce sexual favors from his accusers.

In total, four men – including Spencer LeGrande of Matthews – have filed suit. All were in their mid- to late teens when the alleged incidents occurred.

"You look at our eyes," Parris said on camera. "You hear the pain in our voice. We have no reason to lie to this man."

Parris alleges in his lawsuit that Long used scripture to justify sex and told Parris to call him “daddy.”

"You finally have a father that you've always wanted for and always dreamed of," Parris said in the Fox interview. "He would just walk away from you if you don't give him what he wants. So you end up turning into something you never thought you would be, which is now a slave to a man that you love."

Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, on Sunday stopped short of denying the allegations but told his congregation he intended to fight.

"I am not the man being portrayed on the television," he said. "That's not me."

Click here to view the Fox 5 video.

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