Steven Shriner, right, plays Mary and Peter in 'Corpus Christi' (photo: Ulysses Theatre Comany)
Posted on 08/12/2004 8:30:30 AM PDT by Area Freeper
An actor who played prominent roles in a homosexual-themed play paralleling the life of Jesus Christ is on trial this week for allegedly seeking sex with someone he thought was a 14-year-old boy he met on the Internet.
Steven Shriner, 42, of Hoboken, N.J., portrayed the characters of both Jesus' mother Mary and the apostle Peter in "Corpus Christi," a production of the Chicago-based Ulysses Theatre Company about a victim of "homophobes" in a Texas high school who eventually performs miracles for his 12 disciples.
According to the Trentonian newspaper, Shriner allegedly used his home computer in January of last year for the "express purpose of meeting and having sex with a boy."
During opening statements, Deputy Attorney General Charles Ouslander said Shriner entered a sexually explicit chat room, thinking he was conversing with a teen boy, whose screen name was Timpit6668. In reality, Shriner was speaking with investigator Brian Damiani who was typing on his undercover computer at the Hughes Justice Complex in Trenton.
Shriner allegedly sought to meet Timpit6668, discussing the location and activities in which the two would engage.
He also sent a video clip of himself masturbating.
"I have more ; ) ," Shriner allegedly wrote, according to printouts of the conversations.
The Trentonian says authorities closed in on the suspect at a pizza place in Hamilton, N.J., when he showed up and flashed his lights, which was the agreed code.
Armed with a search warrant, authorities recovered 24 images of suspected child pornography involving kids between the ages of 8 and 10.
Defense attorney Will Anklowitz said Shriner believed he was dealing with someone who was 18 years old at the time he entered the porn site, since a disclaimer at the chat room's entrance stated users must be at least 18.
Shriner is charged with attempted sexual assault, which carries up to a ten-year prison term. He also faces charges of attempted sexual contact, luring and enticing a juvenile, attempted endangering the welfare of a child and possessing child pornography.
In a review of "Corpus Christi," Chicago Tribune writer Chris Jones said the play "strives to link homophobia with the persecutions suffered by Christ. ...
"This is an elegant, intelligent show that is so much in tune with authorial intention that it takes the script to new levels of theatrical and political dignity."
Steven Shriner, right, plays Mary and Peter in 'Corpus Christi' (photo: Ulysses Theatre Comany)
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"This is an elegant, intelligent show that is so much in tune with authorial intention that it takes the script to new levels of theatrical and political dignity."
Doesn't look like dignity to me.
A Texas high school?????
A Texas high school?????
A Texas high school?????
A Texas high school?????
Scum tends to do scummy things. It's the 2nd law of homodynamics.
Shocked.
Homosexual activity and its promotion are truly unGodly. Pray for these poor people caught in the net of lust, that they might see the beauty of chastity and clean living.
Special and flamboyant, yet thought provoking. Buick!
The North American Marlon Brando Lookalike Association?
You're just too cute for words. :^)
I can sum it up in one word:
Abomination.
Just shoot'em...
End Times. OMG, these people are sooooo sick and they endanger children.....and they have supporters!!
> cringing < Do I even want to know what the 1st law is.
OMG...it was done in a Texas HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!! Where are the PARENTS??? WHERE ARE THE TEACHERS???
Because if they come after my children they will see the business end of my .357.
When will the hatred, homophobia and discrimination against Gays end?
The play takes place in a Texas HS.
Either sexuality is innate, or it is learned. How do feminists and the buttsex crowd reconcile themselves?
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