Wednesday, December 14, 2016

DA: Teen victim of Episcopal priest

From Boston (more links at the bottom)-

A 75-year-old former Episcopal priest in Rhode Island was arrested and charged yesterday with assaulting a 15-year-old prep school student he took on trips to Boston more than 40 years ago, Suffolk prosecutors said.

Howard “Howdy” White was an associate chaplain at St. George’s School in Middletown, R.I., in 1973 when prosecutors say he took one of his academic advisees on two overnight trips to Boston and assaulted him. He faces five counts of assault and battery from the two trips.

“Whether as a child or as an adult, disclosing sexual abuse can be the most daunting experience in a person’s life,” Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said in a statement. “Survivors everywhere should know that they can feel safe and supported coming to us, and that we place their well-being above all else as we investigate and prosecute the harm committed against them.”


More here-

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/12/da_teen_victim_of_episcopal_priest

Bedford PA here-

http://www.tribdem.com/news/episcopal-priest-living-in-bedford-county-arraigned-in-boston-on/article_4cfdb34a-c181-11e6-96eb-3f00a02dbaf6.html 

CBS- with video-

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/12/13/priest-charged-sexual-abuse-boy-1973-howard-howdy-white-boston/

Providence RI-

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/12/13/priest-charged-sexual-abuse-boy-1973-howard-howdy-white-boston/

NPR-

http://nhpr.org/post/former-st-pauls-school-chaplain-charged-sexual-assault

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