From Rhode Island-The Episcopal Church issued "the most severe penalty" possible against Howard W. "Howdy" White Jr. when it removed him from the priesthood Monday, nearly 50 years after he was ordained.
Every diocesan bishop within the Episcopal Church — here and abroad — will be notified Wednesday.
White, 75, former associate chaplain at St. George's School, is one of six former staff or faculty members accused in the sex-abuse scandal that has rocked the elite Middletown prep school since last December.
White remains under criminal investigation in North Carolina, based on two allegations of sexual abuse in the mid-1980s. White could not be reached for comment Monday or Tuesday in Bedford, Pennsylvania, where he lives.
More here-
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20161011/survivors-of-abuse-heartened-ecstatic-after-action-against-ex-st-georges-chaplain
and The Boston Globe-
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/10/11/episcopal-priest-tied-abuse-school-defrocked/5thDHMk18JQYjVrm3XkdMO/story.html
and NPR
http://ripr.org/post/former-st-georges-chaplain-removed-priesthood-over-allegations-sexual-abuse
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