New adult shop finds itself in a touchy spot
The prom-dress-pink store, with strips of ribbon dangling in the windows and a breast-cancer-awareness sign out front, looks like any girly gift shop in West Chester’s bustling business district.
But the Feminique Boutique, a new adult novelty store, has triggered a tempest, with a local pastor and a candidate for state representative saying the shop does not belong in the heart of downtown and, more important, one block from a Catholic school.
“It’s corrupting the morals of children,” said Msgr. Edward Deliman of St. Agnes Church, who alerted his parishioners at Sunday Mass.
His curiosity had been piqued by the name and the bright pink facade. And while he did not take a peek inside, “I knew what was going on,” he said. “It was an adult something-or-other. And it’s cheapening human sexuality.”
Shannon Royer, a Republican running for a state House seat in the 156th District, has spoken out against the shop on the campaign trail. Its location so close to St. Agnes, where he is a parishioner, is “very troubling,” he said in an interview
Last week, the church filed an appeal of the building permit issued March 31 to Jill McDevitt, 22, a recent college graduate with a degree in sexuality, marriage and family, and a desire to be a sex educator.
