Howard White, Jr, pleads guilty in St George’s School abuse case

Howard White, Jr, has been sentenced to 18 months in exchange for pleading guilty to molestation charges dating back to 1973, when he was the chaplain at St George’s School in Rhode Island.

The Boston Globe reports,

Howard White Jr., who was also accused of sexual abuse in three other states and stripped of his priesthood by the Episcopal Church, received an 18-month sentence, according to Jake Wark, spokesman for the Suffolk County district attorney’s office. …

“The parties came to an agreement on a plea and sentence that we thought was fair,” said David Duncan, White’s defense attorney.

Carmen Durso, who represented the victim, said his client was satisfied with the outcome.

Our previous reporting on White’s case can be found here.

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