Former St. George's School Priest Charged with Sexually Assaulting Boy in Boston

By Karen Lee Ziner
Providence Journal
December 14, 2016

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20161213/former-st-georges-school-priest-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-boy-in-boston

Former Episcopal priest Howard "Howdy" White Jr., one of six named perpetrators in the sex-abuse scandal that has embroiled St. George's School in Middletown since last year, has been charged with sexually assaulting a former student during two trips to Boston in 1973.

White was associate chaplain at St. George's at the time.

White pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court after being indicted on five counts of assault and battery. White, 75, was indicted last month for assaulting the boy, who was between 15 and 16 years old. White, of Bedford, Pa., was freed on personal recognizance, said court spokesman Jake Wark.

The court ordered that White have no contact with the victim, have no unsupervised contact with any children under 18, and surrender his passport. Trial is scheduled for June 26.

White, 75, remains under criminal investigation in Waynesville, N.C., based on two allegations brought early this year. He was removed from his Pennsylvania church ministry in January and removed from the priesthood in October after an ecclesiastical investigation.