![]() ![]() “For more than 30 years, I’ve been trying to think of a way to get that money back. “I regret giving that money,” White, 72, said this week from his home near Bluff Park. ![]() ![]() In the mid 1970s, White, who had not yet reconciled his homosexuality and his faith, and his then-wife Lyla, donated between $500 and $1,000 to help fund an Orange County chapter of Exodus International. White’s comments come days after Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International - whose work infuriated many gay-rights activists - apologized to the gay community, renouncing the controversial therapies, and announced the ministry would close.Ĭhambers, who is married to a woman but has spoken openly about his own sexual attraction to men, also has said that gays and lesbians should suppress their feelings and remain celibate or marry a heterosexual person.įor 20 years, White, a Long Beach resident, says he tried to cure his homosexuality with psychotherapy, prayer, low voltage shock treatments and exorcism. ![]() LONG BEACH – Mel White, a renowned openly gay clergyman, says he regrets donating seed money to Exodus International, the “ex-gay” Christian ministry that claimed it could cure homosexuality with prayer and therapy based on Biblical passages. ![]()
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