Catholic church in diocese of Paisley links to 'gay conversion therapy'
Content on the diocese of Paisley's website recommends a US group offering LGBT 'conversion cure' set to be banned in the UK
Shingi Mararike
December 16 2018, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
The Catholic diocese of Paisley under Bishop John Keenan (pictured second right of Pope Francis) has links to material promoting 'gay cures'GETTY IMAGES
The Catholic Church in Scotland has been criticised for promoting literature that commends a group involved in gay conversion therapy to parents of children experiencing same sex attraction.
The UK government is to ban the use of gay conversion therapies, as featured in the film Boy Erased, with prime minister Theresa May arguing that no one should ever have to hide who they are.
While the church says it does not advocate gay conversion therapy, the diocese of Paisley, led by bishop John Keenan, has angered LGBT campaigners with material posted on its website.
In a section promoting Courage — an international apostolate of the church, which ministers to people with same-sex attractions as a way to help face "the problems of homosexuality" — it also links…