In response to the World magazine story, Dinesh D’Souza has issued a statement:
A recent article in World magazine gives the false impression that I, a married man, had an affair with a woman Denise Odie Joseph at a Christian conference in Spartanburg, S.C. The article alleges that I shared a hotel room with her and introduced her as my fiancé. Finally it states that I filed for divorce only on the day I was confronted about my conduct by intrepid reporter Warren Smith.
Here are the facts:
1. My wife Dixie and I have been separated for two years. Dixie approached me and demanded this before I came to King’s College to become its president in late August 2010. I informed the chairman of the college at the time. I also informed the reporter who wrote the World article, Warren Smith, but he deliberately left it out of his piece, even though it is entirely relevant to the context.
The rest of the statement is here.
The King’s College has accepted D’Souza’s resignation:
The Board of Trustees of The King’s College has accepted the resignation of its president, Dinesh D’Souza, effective immediately. D’Souza was appointed president of the College in 2010.
Board Chairman Andy Mills stated, “After careful consultation with the Board and with Dinesh, we have accepted his resignation to allow him to attend to his personal and family needs. We thank him for his service and significant contribution to the College over the last two years.”
As I mentioned in a comment on your previous D’Souza post, until American Christians realize this is precisely the sort of thing that is crushing Christianity in America, the long, slow decline of organized, othodox faith will only continue.
No idea it’s not cool to be engaged to one woman while married to another? Good grief.
If you want to get fussy, for some of us it’s not cool to marry another spouse, even if divorced, while first spouse is still living.
While agreeing with the previous comments, what I want to know is: Why did his wife want a separation when Dinesh went to the presidency of the college? Did Dinesh turn his back on his marriage to further his career? What did his wife know something about Dinesh that she did not want to be a part of?
>what I want to know is: Why did his wife want a
>separation when Dinesh went to the presidency of
>the college? Did Dinesh turn his back on his
>marriage to further his career? What did his wife
>know something about Dinesh that she did not
>want to be a part of?
All I can say to that is that you never really know what is going on in someone else’s life or marriage.
The mere fact that she wanted to separate from him could mean anything – and she could have been “at fault” and he not. For all we know.
I’ve been wondering whether to renew my World subscription. Decision made: Nope.