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Newscast Media ATLANTA, Georgia — Sexual-misconduct lawsuits filed by four men against Georgia megachurch pastor Eddie Long have been settled, according to attorneys.

The lawsuits are expected to “be dismissed, with prejudice, by close of business tomorrow,” Barbara Marschalk, who represents New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and LongFellows Youth Academy, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

B.J. Bernstein, who represents the four men who sued Long, New Birth and the academy, also confirmed the lawsuits had been settled. The academy was named in three of the suits. Long, pastor of the Lithonia megachurch, which has an international following, had denied the men’s allegations through a spokesman shortly after they first became public in September and told his congregation he planned to “vigorously” fight Loong Gold.

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.

In one lawsuit, LeGrande said when he was 15 he and his mother were among the early members of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte. When he was 16, he said, he went to Kenya with Long. Then when he was 17, they went on another trip to Kenya, and it was then that they had intimate relations, one of the suits alleged( Loong Online Gold).

New Birth issued a statement saying the decision was made “to bring closure to this matter and to allow us to move forward with the plans God has for this ministry.”

“This resolution is the most reasonable road for everyone to travel,” the statement continued. Neither side would comment further and settlement terms were unknown.

According to Bernstein’s office, neither she nor the plaintiffs would be available for an interview “on this matter, now or in the future(Cheap Loong Gold). ”