The Hollywood film Boy Erased, depicting a pastor’s son who is forced into “conversion therapy”, earned a Golden Globe nomination for Lucas Hedges Focus Features/APSenior Church of England bishops are to begin an inquiry into “gay cure” therapy amid claims that it is still prevalent among religious groups despite a promised government ban. The practice, otherwise known as conversion therapy, ranges from private prayer, fasting and counselling to deliverance ministry, hormone treatment and, according to the government, “corrective” rape. This entails forced sexual activity with someone of the opposite sex. This weekend, the Ozanne Foundation, a Westminster-based charity that promotes equality and diversity in religious organisations worldwide, will launch a survey of Britons who have tried to change their sexual orientation. Jayne Ozanne said conversion therapy left her in hospital twice Jeremy Young for The Sunday TimesPaul Bayes, the Bishop of Liverpool and chairman of the foundation, said: “We are concerned it is still being practised by various religious groups.” His intervention, along with…

Source: The Times December 08, 2018 18:00 UTC