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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aisling Grace

Gay priest says conversion therapy after move to UK felt ‘oppressive’

A gay priest said his experience of conversion therapy felt “oppressive” after he was encouraged to attend weekly meetings for people “struggling with their sexuality” by a church in Liverpool a decade ago.

Augustine Tanner-Ihm, 33, moved to the UK from Chicago in 2013 and became an intern for a Liverpool church where conversion therapy made him feel “that a part of [him] was always going to be wrong and bad”.

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