How Diddy being exposed has brought attention to the black clergy?

I have recently noticed that Bishop T.D Jakes has been getting a lot of heat lately and it has brought more attention to the mega church pastors once more. I cannot help but think about the past before I talk about the present. This morning I found a video on YouTube talking about the legendary Rev. James Cleveland and of course Bishop Eddie Long. We all know about Bishop Eddie Long, but Rev. James Cleveland is someone who has been on my radar since the Cynthia Ervio version of Aretha Franklin Biopic. The question I had was who was the fathers of Aretha’s children one and two there is something about Rev. James Cleveland. I have heard his music before and seen images of him because I am from a family of people who love gospel music. For some reason, Mr. Cleveland just rubs me the wrong way. Just like Harvey Pierre. After watching this video, all I have to say is that what you do in the dark will come to light one and two I hope the guy who came out after he had passed, was not lying because you also reap what you have sown. Yall check the video out.

I feel like this, someone had to start the perversion for the perversion to exist. Diddy is not the first music mogul to abuse someone and unfortunately not the last. I have always felt some kind of way about certain people mentoring young pupils when it comes to the entertainment industry and other industries. Anytime you have someone being “mentored” by someone who is well known. I start to wonder what is so special about the pupil and how did the pupil get the mentor’s attention? The messed-up part about that is that even the pupil does not understand how they got the mentor’s attention. Now I know it is all about the mentor’s being attracted to the pupil in a sexual way. The point I am trying to make with this is that. Sometimes when you are young, you think that having a very well-known mentor is a good way to start out when the truth is. Do you really want to be mentored by someone who has so much power to where they can have you killed without anyone noticing? People like this use their power to persuade everyone into believing that they are God like figures. When the truth is that they are just basic ass humans like they rest of us. Especially when you come after people in the church like Rev. Cleveland. People act like you are crucifying Jesus all over again. If a child is telling you that he got hurt by someone, why do we question the child and not the adult??? The issue with pastors like Cleveland and Long is that they are filling a fatherly hole into these young men lives for the single mothers, but the single mothers are not doing their job protecting their sons and daughters from the perversion of Cleveland and Long. You are wondering why your children are so angry? This is why, do not let me get started on these sport coaches as well. I also almost forgot the Catholic church in the bunch. When you are in a society that is desperate for father figures, discernment goes out the door. Regardless of if Jakes and Cleveland did these things, people should have treated them like men instead of assuming that they can fix all of the problems. There is only one creator, and it is not these men. Be careful who you let around your children.