Plans to create a new place of worship in Manchester for a church associated with so-called gay 'conversion therapy' have been pulled following a backlash.
The planning application to use part of the ground floor at the Sheridan Suite in Oldham Road as a place of worship for Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, a Pentecostal church from Nigeria, has now been withdrawn. A restaurant and bar at the function room facility in Miles Platting were set to be used for religious purposes according to the application lodged in March.
But concerns were raised about the church - which already has a presence in Greater Manchester - and its association with so-called 'conversion therapy'. It comes after the Liverpool ECHO exposed a branch of the church in Anfield offering a 'cure' for homosexuality through a three-day starvation programme.
