varun
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Sat Jan-17-04 12:28 AM
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Pastor convicted of soliciting sex from teenager |
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Associated Press, January 16, 2004 Pastor convicted of soliciting sex from teenager
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) - A Philadelphia pastor who has condemned homosexuality and was known for using a bullhorn to preach to passers-by at colleges was convicted of soliciting sex from a teenager.
Jurors deliberated for 3 1/2 hours Wednesday before convicting the Rev. Craig Stephen White of criminal solicitation to commit involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and related offenses.
White, 40, who faces a minimum three-year prison term on the most serious charge, showed no reaction. His mother wept and said, "He's innocent; he's innocent."
Defense attorney Robert J. Donatoni said he was "disappointed but not surprised." "This was a very difficult case for everyone," said Donatoni, who suggested that the teenager was mistaken, confused or just seeking attention.
The charges stemmed from a stop White made in West Chester in June, when he asked a 14-year-old boy for directions.
The boy said White also asked about strip clubs or adult book or video stores and later came back and offered him $20 for taking part in sexual activity.
White denied making any sexual proposition and said he asked directions to a video store because he wanted to buy the movie "Shrek" for his children.
White has preached on campuses against homosexuality and atheists, using a bullhorn to rile up students about "fornicators," "whores" and "sodomites."
He started a Temple University campus group called Soldiers for Christ, worked at a youth ministry in Gloucester County, N.J., began the Philadelphia Gospel Outreach Center in North Philadelphia, and was enough of a fixture on the University of Pennsylvania campus that the chaplain's office held a panel discussion about his methods in 1998.
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Sat Jan-17-04 12:42 AM
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Remember Jimmy Swaggart? Jimmy used to condemn prostitution in his sermons, and then he get caught with a hooker in a cheap motel room.
I think that when it comes to fundamentalist preachers, this is part for the course!
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Sat Jan-17-04 01:22 AM
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a right winger tries to create a job and gets slapped down for it.
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