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To: DirtyHarryY2K
Can you post a link to that information?

I posted some on this thread. I'm sure more can be found via Google.

43 posted on 12/17/2004 11:18:19 AM PST by Physicist
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To: Physicist
I posted some on this thread. I'm sure more can be found via Google.

Worth reposting here in its entirety.


To: 4lifeandliberty
Interview with Michael Marcavage

Marcavage again? Here's a repost from an earlier thread:

If any of you are thinking of backing this Marcavage guy up, please know beforehand with whom you associate. Here's an article from March of this year:

Preacher is jailed on sex charges

Against an emotional backdrop, a Philadelphia preacher convicted of trying to solicit sex from a West Chester teenager was sentenced yesterday to four to 10 years in prison.

The Rev. Craig Stephen White, a fiery street sermonizer known as "Brother Stephen," showed no reaction as Chester County Court Judge Anthony Sarcione imposed the punishment, which also included five years' probation.

"We are very pleased with Judge Sarcione's well-thought-out and appropriate sentence," said Assistant District Attorney Kimberly A. Callahan, who had requested four to eight years in prison.

Defense attorney Robert J. Donatoni said an appeal was being considered.

"Yes, it's a significant amount of time, but under the sentencing guidelines, it could have been worse," Donatoni said, calling the sentence "balanced and fair."

During the hearing, Donatoni presented witnesses who talked about the impact of White's ministry on children in North Philadelphia.

"I have nothing but positive [things] to say about Brother Stephen," said Evelyn Whitfield, a mother of five who credits White with encouraging her boys to pursue college.

White's wife, Lori, told Sarcione that her husband's imprisonment would be a hardship for her and the couple's three children, ages 5, 4, and 20 months.

Callahan presented testimony from the victim, his mother, and his aunt, who all focused on the negative impact of the crime.

"I feel degraded and feel no one has the right to rob someone of their innocence," said the victim, who is now 15 and finds himself "always looking over" his shoulder.

Speaking on his own behalf, White, 40, said he received a calling to be an evangelist at the age of 18. He said he came to Philadelphia 10 years ago because it was a spiritually needy region.

After the hearing, the victim and his family expressed relief.

"Justice was served," the victim's mother said.

Lori White left the courtroom with about a dozen supporters.

"I maintain my husband's innocence," she said.

Michael Marcavage, a character witness at White's trial, had been ejected earlier after Callahan expressed concern about an Internet site that offered a $5,000 reward for information on both the victim and prosecutors that might help free White.

Marcavage, 24, of Lansdowne, became agitated, stood up, and accused Callahan of lying. He also admitted setting up the Web site before being escorted from the courthouse.

Continued...

Brother Stephen White was a notorious preacher of hatred here in the Philadelphia region long before being exposed as a pederast. That Marcavage tried to subvert the process of justice on behalf of a hate-mongering pederast speaks volumes. I hope nobody again tries to associate FreeRepublic with this filth.

23 posted on 11/13/2004 8:29:15 PM CST by Physicist

45 posted on 12/17/2004 11:42:59 AM PST by malakhi
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To: Physicist
Charges were later dropped against seven people in the "Philadelphia 11" because they were not seen quoting Scripture on a videotape of the incident.

Do you think people should be arrested only for quoting scripture that you disagreee with or just any old scripture?

60 posted on 12/17/2004 1:01:53 PM PST by jwalsh07
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