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- 26 de Abr, 2021
I don't know about the US, I'm aware that in Anglophone countries the Catholic Church is a bit different because it's been the 'underdog' for centuries in contrast to dominant Protestantism. But in Spain (one of the countries where Catholicism is still the overwhelmingly dominant religion and the Church has still political power) I know for sure there are bishops that still defend conversion therapy (though less and less openly, as it's frowned upon). And I personally know a couple of cases of people who have undergone them (in the relatively recent past, maybe 10 years ago). Some methods are more violent than others, although both cases I know belonged to specific extremist Catholic sects: Opus Dei (it was more of a camp/group pseudo-therapy thing to pray the gay away) and Kikos (individualized exorcism and other crazy stuff) . Incidentally, I also know of a case in an immigrant Muslim family. Same shit about exorcism.None as far as I know.
There are very few dioceses that even offer conversion therapy because the Catholic position on homosexual attraction is that it isn't a choice and for the majority of people is something you can't get rid of. She might have gone to a priest and been told to pray, but that's not the same as "my parents sent me to a conversion therapy camp".