Tory Candidate Linked to Church Supporting Conversion Therapy
Miriam Cates denies knowledge of controversial practices during her tenure as trustee at Sheffield church.
- Independent report reveals church endorsed conversion therapy from 2014 to 2019.
- Cates served as trustee from 2016 to 2018 and claims no awareness of such practices.
- The church apologized to a man subjected to an 'exorcism' aimed at changing his sexual orientation.
- The Diocese of Sheffield condemned conversion therapy as unethical and harmful.
- Cates has opposed legislation banning conversion therapy in Parliament.