Comments on: Ex-Gay Leader Exposed As Wall Street Ex-Felon

By: Right-wing ‘scholar’ says he hired gay rentboy to ‘minister’ to him

Right-wing ‘scholar’ says he hired gay rentboy to ‘minister’ to him — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:13:52 +0000

[...] another member of their Scientific Advisory Committee, Arthur Goldberg, was found to have been a convicted Wall Street swindler. Goldberg has since resigned from [...]

By: Evan Hurst

Evan Hurst — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:46:02 +0000

Yeah, there’s a Wikipedia user registered as “Ann Jonah” who’s furiously scrubbing everything about him.

But the relative silence is otherwise deafening.

By: J

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:49:38 +0000

@emily: and now his personal wiki page is mysteriously GONE!! hows that for curious :)

By: grantdale

grantdale — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:28:08 +0000

Urmm, I thought this was well known. ? Also, Exodus International was once a member of PATH. And we would know... aah the old Throckmorton, before the toupee.

By: Emily K

Emily K — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:10:49 +0000

You're right, J. Before it was just "A." Curiouser and curiouser.

By: J

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:05:48 +0000

@Emily — That was actually changed just today if you look at the Wikipedia history. It was done to obviously throw everyone off!

By: Emily K

Emily K — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:02:31 +0000

But wikipedia lists Arthur’s middle name as “Avrum.” Now, in Hebrew, the words are similar – “abba” means “father,” and “avrum” (or “abram”) are derived from that word…

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:10:24 +0000

A sheep and his fleece are soon parted.

By: John

John — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:21:00 +0000

With the middle name Abba, and his latest con job involving running an ex-gay group, I think his nickname shouldn’t be Abba dabba do, but “Dancing Queen” instead.

By: Burr

Burr — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:17:52 +0000

Just a natural transition. Can’t con people one way? Con them another way..

I guess it’s hard for people to take you seriously as an ex-gay leader with a middle name like Abba. ;)