The Jaundiced Eye

Fascinating on a number of levels, and deeply disturbing through and through. The title is taken from a quote by Alexander Pope: "All seems infected that th' infected spy/As all seems yellow to the jaundiced eye." In the harrowing case of Stephen Matthews, a young Monroe, MI, man who, along with his parents, was accused of sexually molesting his own son, the infection that colors everything is the simple and seemingly unremarkable fact that Stephen is gay. As a teenager, Stephen fathered a child by then-girlfriend Danette; when he figured out he was gay, Stephen moved to California and left Danette and his own parents, Melvin and Donna, to raise the child. A few ye...