'We would pray together to have God help me from being gay,' Dobson told his lawyers. The school maintains it doesn't know whether the tape was shown to Adam Dobson, the former student who is now suing the private school in federal court.ĭobson contends that he was forced to watch the hour-long gay conversion tape as punishment, and that it was followed by a campaign of prayer sessions and other efforts to get him to change his sexual orientation. Now in court documents, the school's lawyers admit that such a video was used by Hershey house parents and that it was shown to at least one student. A year ago, when a former student accused the Milton Hershey School of forcing him to watch a video meant to convert him from homosexuality, the school called the allegation 'outrageous' and said it would never condone such behavior.
