How the Bishop Long Scandal is Helping to Bring Confusion to the Church

Yesterday at church. I noticed a 10 year old boy sitting by himself in the bathroom crying. I asked him what was wrong as I escorted him to his mother(Can't be seen with crying little boys in bathrooms now a days) He told us we wants his father. The boy suffers from problems and his mother has told me in the past that he will get into this depression and asked me if I can go on the Internet and find his father. I started to say if I you have to do all that to find him, it may be best not to find him because he may disappoint him. I gave the boy a hug and told him I didn't have a father(well one that I knew was my father) around either and he is not alone. The point I will like to make, that in 20 something years of working in the ministry, bringing youth to church, taking them out to eat, some into our home, being a father figure to many, thank God I hove not slipped up with them or even been publicly lied on. A kid like him I would have loved to take on as a role model for him as well as a father figure, but with this recent scandal of Bishop Eddie Long making world headlines, it makes you wonder, suppose I get wrongly accused of the same type of stuff. While I am not saying Bishop Long did it or not, but often in blown up cases like this, especially if money is paid out, copycat lawsuits will start flying from everywhere with people saying they just remembered they were abused. Also, parents will wonder, who can they trust in the church? I read where a lady had a conversation with a church man on the down low who said that the men will find a woman with a fatherless kid, become his male figure in his life, and when he reaches the age of consent, and then make his move. That is dangerous. So now, the parent doesn't know who to trust, and the son may grow up not to have a father figure and is in danger to falling prey to the world of the streets. I have always went out of my way to invite the parents to church when I bring kids. I often try to never be with a kid alone. A pastor from South Africa told me even at his church, he doesn't spend a lot of time talkin with the youth after church because he doesn't want to fall prey to accusations. Men who become mentors or even work with youth in church are being called pedophiles because of the predators who make the news and the church look bad. Sad, when I gave that young man a hug of comfort(in front of his mother) I have to wonder will someone take it the wrong way. Sometimes, kids never even get a hug at home, and soon may not be able to get one at church either. I say this because this is the state of confusion Satan has put the church in. Who and not who to trust. Who and not who to help. How far can we show agape love to them who need it? Outside of praying do I have a answer? I don't but we need to start praying against the spirit of confusion in the church as well against immorality and perversion. The whole situation with Bishop Long has got us all thinking.