Bitter ironies are revealed in court-martial

From: Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph | Date: October 26, 1990| Author: Raymond McCaffrey | Copyright information

The verdict took minutes to read - guilty on eight counts, not guilty on two - but defense attorney Walter Gerash boiled it down to a single sentence as he stormed out of the courtroom.

"Guilty of being gay," Gerash said.

Ultimately, the court-martial of Col. Edward Modesto would be about a man's battle to overcome his guilt on two levels - before the court and within his soul.

"I don't believe my God would make me homosexual without a reason, without loving me," ...

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