indecency

The British Library has honoured late Irish writer Oscar Wilde by reissuing a reader's card in his name, 130 years after his original was revoked following his conviction for "gross indecency".

But the Parents Television Council Inc. — whose members lodged thousands of indecency complaints with the Federal Communications Commission — has folded.

As Mr. Clark reveals, however, in 1942 Cooper was arrested and put on trial for committing “gross indecency with an Arab boy,” a charge from which he narrowly escaped.

Court records show that Carver faces counts of criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and public indecency.

They would face possible arrest and imprisonment for “gross indecency” under the country’s antigay criminal code.