Church doesn’t back gay ‘cure’

Presbyterian Moderator Dr Ivan Patterson has said his church does not support a therapy that claims to convert people away from their homosexual tendencies.

Presbyterian Moderator Dr Ivan Patterson has said his church does not support a therapy that claims to convert people away from their homosexual tendencies.

The minister was forced to defend his church’s position yesterday after it was claimed that the college that trains Presbyterian ministers had invited Jim Reynolds from the Core Issue Trust group [which claims to offer reparative treatment] to a conference.

Dozens of gay rights campaigners turned out in protest at the weekend at another conference in Belfast hosted by Mr Reynolds entitled The Lepers Among Us, Newsletter reports.