Tuesday, October 28, 2003
White faces charges for asking minor for sex
Pa. police arrest firebrand 'Brother Stephen'
BY GILLIAN GILLERS
Reverend Stephen White, infamous for preaching against homosexuality and sexual promiscuity at Yale and other college campuses, now faces charges that he solicited sex from a teenage boy in a Philadelphia suburb.
In recent years, White -- known to students as "Brother Stephen" -- has made informal speeches on Cross Campus and Beinecke Plaza denouncing minorities, homosexuals, religious groups and aspects of popular culture.
White was arrested in June after he allegedly offered $20 to a 14-year-old boy in West Chester, Pa. for permission to perform oral sex on him....
... Mike Schwartz '05 said he was pleased that White's apparent hypocrisy had been exposed.
"There's a sick satisfaction that someone so preachy is so flawed," he said. "I'm trying not to be thrilled about it."...