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King's crisis
Religion | After a meteoric rise in the evangelical world, The Kings College president Dinesh DSouza now faces his boards likely questions about his relationship to a woman not his wife
About 2,000 people gathered on Sept. 28 at First Baptist North in Spartanburg, S.C., to hear high-profile Christians speak on defending the faith and applying a Christian worldview to their lives. Among the speakers: Eric Metaxas, Josh McDowell, andkeynote speaker for the eveningbest-selling author, filmmaker, and Christian college president Dinesh DSouza.
DSouzas speech earned him a standing ovation and a long line at the book-signing table immediately afterward. Although DSouza has been married for 20 years to his wife, Dixie, in South Carolina he was with a young woman, Denise Odie Joseph II, and introduced her to at least three people as his fiancée.
Finally, near 11 p.m., event organizer Tony Beam escorted DSouza and Joseph to the nearby Comfort Suites. Beam noted that they checked in together and were apparently sharing a room for the night in the sold-out hotel. The next morning, around 6 a.m., Beam arrived back at the hotel and called up to DSouzas room. Well be down in 10 minutes, DSouza told Beam. DSouza and Joseph came down together, and Beam took them to the airport.
The next day another conference organizer, Alex McFarland, distressed by DSouzas behavior, confronted him in a telephone conversation. DSouza admitted he shared a room with his fiancée but said nothing happened. When I called DSouza, he confirmed that he was indeed engaged to Joseph, but did not explain how he could be engaged to one woman while still married to another. When asked when he had filed for divorce from his wife, Dixie, DSouza answered, Recently.
According to San Diego County (Calif.) Superior Court records, DSouza filed for divorce only on Oct. 4, the day I spoke with him. Under California law, that starts the clock on a six-month waiting period for divorce. DSouza on Oct. 4 told me his marriage was over, said he is sure Denise is the one for me, and said he had done nothing wrong.
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The episode is a strange twist in DSouzas otherwise meteoric rise in the evangelical world. He developed a reputation among evangelicals with a string of best-sellers, including The Roots of Obamas Rage, which spawned a movie, Obama: 2016, which has now grossed more than $30 million. He broke into the Christian conference and megachurch market in 2007 with the release of a book that year, Whats So Great About Christianity.
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Vietnameravet
(1,085 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,469 posts)I'm sorry, and I know I'll get scolded by the "We have to be better than them!!!" crowd. But whatever. Fuck this guy, and fuck everything he stands for. I'll watch with joy as he gets taken down many, many pegs, exposed as a fraud, and turned on by the rabid masses he helped froth (although given the raging hypocrisy of the evangelical crowd I'm sure they'll spin it as someone else's fault). I suppose I should feel bad for his wife, but if she got involved with a POS like him then I'm guessing she's made of similarly self righteous and judgmental fiber.
The empressof all
(29,098 posts)What's the problem...:
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)takes me for all I'm worth!"
KoKo
(84,711 posts)or something else?
What "Else" could it be?
KoKo
(84,711 posts)that could bite the RW in their BUTT!