ex-gay Archives - New Ways Ministry

In Historic First, Vatican Instructs Spanish Bishops To Disavow Ex-Gay Group

July 15, 2021/4 Comments/in Healthcare, Hierarchy, LGBTQ Clergy & Religious, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The Vatican has instructed Spain's bishops to disavow a conversion therapy group in that country in what is likely an historic first. Read More

After Conversion Therapy, Parents Blame Catholic Ministers for Lesbian Daughter’s Death

December 17, 2019/10 Comments/in Hierarchy, Higher Education, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The parents of a 24-year-old lesbian who died unexpectedly is blaming church ministers for what the family claims was a death by suicide because those ministers attempted conversion therapy on their daughter. Read More

Philadelphia Archdiocese Sponsored Workshop By “Ex-Gay” Therapy Proponents

September 22, 2019/19 Comments/in Gender Identity, Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Conversion therapy proponents have been welcomed to present in another U.S. diocese, deepening ties between the nation's bishops and fringe LGBTQ-negative organizations out of step with church teaching. Read More

Reviewers Highlight Lessons for Catholics in New Conversion Therapy Film, “Boy Erased”

December 5, 2018/7 Comments/in Arts, Books & Culture, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

"Boy Erased" about a teen's experience with ex-gay conversion therapy is "one of the most important films you will see this year," wrote one reviewer who was not the only person reflecting on the film's connections to Catholic theology. Read More