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.
Miriam Cates
CassieMaddox · 01/07/2024 23:54
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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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.
lcakethereforeIam · 02/07/2024 08:21
If being part of an organisation that had dodgy dealings going on before you even joined makes you unfit well that's basically everyone who ever worked anywhere. I'd start with LGBT youth in Scotland, the Met, the Prison service, Hollywood, the BBC, a whole bunch of boarding schools, children's homes, sporting organisations,.....
Theeyeballsinthesky · 02/07/2024 07:50
They even admit the alleged incident took place 2 years before she was a trustee.
generally speaking ppl aren’t responsible for things that happened at an organisation when they weren’t part of it.
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.
nauticant · 02/07/2024 08:35
Miriam Cates is very likely to lose on Thursday so I think this is more about the narrative that the evil Tories, who we are now finally free of, supported the widespread scourge of conversion therapy, and we should welcome a Labour government in banning it. (Whatever "it" ends up being in law and practice.)
Sloejelly · 02/07/2024 09:09
CassieMaddox you still haven’t told us if you condemn all the SNP MP candidates for their partiy’s involvement with LBGT Youth?
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