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Miriam Cates

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CassieMaddox · 01/07/2024 23:54

New report says she was trustee at a church while gay conversion therapy was happening. The kind of conversion therapy that involves exorcism of demons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ngprp5xdvo

As a director and trustee at the charity behind the church, external from September 2016 to September 2018, Mrs Cates, had safeguarding responsibilities for those who attended

Thought this might interest some posters on here. Not sure I would trust her with safeguarding after this, if indeed she retains her seat.

A close-up of former MP Miriam Cates

Miriam Cates: Tory candidate was trustee of church that ‘endorsed’ conversion therapy

A report finds St Thomas Philadelphia church in Sheffield had "supported" conversion therapy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ngprp5xdvo

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SirWalterElliot · 02/07/2024 07:32

Interesting how there was a thread the other day about Fergus Walsh - he MUST be influenced by his wife's job. Yet when it's Miriam Cates - oh there's no way she was influenced by a church she was a member of and a trustee of. I see a lot of bending over backwards to defend people who are 'GC'.

Perfect28 · 02/07/2024 07:26

This woman is a nightmare. Why we are allowing religious zealots to influence our culture and education (Cates report) I have no idea.

thirdfiddle · 02/07/2024 01:02

Timing of this story is /highly/ suspect. Which makes me think the story is probably suspect too. Throw mud at a politician days before an election. If it was going to stick, they'd not have waited till this week.

OvaHere · 02/07/2024 00:07

Not a fan of religion so I'm not going to defend churches like this. I wouldn't be a member of one.

The article is a bit of a hit piece on Cates though. They even admit the alleged incident took place 2 years before she was a trustee. They don't seem to be able to directly link her to what was happening. Whether exorcism is something she believes I don't know. She says not.

In the interest of balance perhaps the BBC could also finally get around to an article about the WPATH files that they've been studiously ignoring.

AlvinStardustsGloves · 02/07/2024 00:07

It sounds like she knew nothing about the conversion therapy that happened years ago.

The recent demands to ban 'conversion therapy' are aimed at banning sensible counselling to help people, especially young people, who think they may be something other than their real sex, to think things through.

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CassieMaddox · 02/07/2024 00:05

Well she doesn't seem to be amazing at safeguarding.

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