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Spanish lawyer names bishops and priests pushing conversion therapy

Many of the 70 figures identified by Saúl Castro have not previously been linked to the anti-LGBTIQ practice

Spanish lawyer names bishops and priests pushing conversion therapy
Saúl Castro, Spanish human rights lawyer and author of ‘Ni enfermos ni pecadores’ | Francisco Ruano
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Warning: contains descriptions of ‘conversion therapy’ and anti-LGBTIQ+ violence

A Spanish human rights lawyer has named 70 practitioners and promoters of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in Spain, among them Catholic bishops and priests.

In Saúl Castro’s new book ‘Ni enfermos ni pecadores’ (meaning ‘neither sick nor sinners’), he reveals the traumatic experiences of therapy survivors and identifies different kinds of therapy providers. Many of the people he identifies have never been publicly linked to conversion therapy before.