DENVER (CO)
CBS 4
(CBS4) DENVER Harold White, once a member of the Denver archdiocese and now the focus of lawsuits by five men contending they were sexually abused, spoke exclusively to CBS4 News on Thursday and said he feels "rotten."
White still wears a St. Christopher medal around his neck. He has a clock in his family room that chimes like church bells on the hour. The lawsuits seek damages from the Denver Archdiocese, not White. The alleged victims contend church leaders knew White molested children and did nothing to stop him.
White, who cannot face criminal charges because the statute of limitations for any crimes he may have committed has expired, spoke to CBS4 against the advice of his attorneys. While he didn't deny the allegations against him, he did say the lawsuits contain half-truths.
"I don't want to say lies, but...." Harold Robert White said as CBS4's Katherine Blake stood outside his open apartment door. "There's a lot of, half truths.