hores of various types turn up in the news all the time, often in connection with outrageous or ridiculous circumstances. I especially enjoy the ultimate hypocrisy of "moral" crusaders being caught with a whore, so you can be sure that when such an incident occurs, I'll fall all over myself to blog about it.

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January 17, 2004

Best news story ever.

Students won't be hearing cries of "sinners" and "whores" from Penn's most notorious preacher anytime soon. A jury convicted campus fixture "Brother Stephen" on Wednesday to a minimum of three years in jail for the charge of soliciting sex from a teenage boy, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Also known as the Reverend Craig Stephen White, the well-known preacher often denounced homosexuality and allegedly harassed students on the University's campus with his megaphone and Bible. A 12-person jury deliberated for 3 1/2 hours before finding White guilty of the sex solicitation charge and other related offenses, according to the Inquirer.

The article in the Philly Inquirer is a bit more comprehensive, and doesn't make errors like this one.  Only a judge imposes sentences; the jury just determines guilt or innocence.  But the guy is looking at 3 years minimum on the most serious charge, so it looks like he'll be going away for a while if this isn't overturned on appeal.  I have to admit that it might be since the only evidence is apparently the word of the 14 y/o boy.  The preacher man admits that he asked the kid for directions and then that he came back five minutes later to ask him again, but he says it was innocent questions about a movie while the kid says he asked for directions to a porno shop, and then returned to ask for oral.

However, 12 jurors believed the kid and found the guy guilty, and they heard more about the case than any of us did, so we have to go with their opinion foremost.

I'm trying not to let my "please God let him be guilty and get AIDS in prison" reaction to any loudspeaker-raving asshole taint my evaluation of the merits of the case.  But it's hard.  The closing line from the Inquirer article pretty well sums up the quality of man he was:

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