Student apologizes for urinating on Nativity scene

[February 04, 2010]  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A student at a northeastern Pennsylvania Roman Catholic college has apologized for urinating on a public Nativity scene. The student, 22, said Monday he "was being a drunken idiot" a day earlier when he urinated on the nativity scene in Wilkes-Barre's public square.

He was charged with public drunkenness, indecent exposure, open lewdness and desecration of venerated objects. He said he plans to plead guilty at a Jan. 20 preliminary hearing.

The student met with officials King's College in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. A school spokesman said he faces punishment ranging from a warning to expulsion.

He has vowed to quit drinking.

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[Associated Press]

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