Tasmanian Catholic Church’s Bogus Claims On Conversion ‘Therapy’ Ban Busted
starobserver.com.auThe Tasmanian Catholic Church’s attempts to pit medical and health care professionals against a report about harmful conversion practices has been dubbed a “misinformation campaign”.
The Tasmanian Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has called out the “incorrect” statements made about its report in the Catholic Standard, the official print publication of the Catholic Church in Tasmania.
Earlier this month, a TLRI report had recommended law reforms to deal with unscientific and harmful conversion practices to change a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity.
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff.The Church targeted the TLRI report, with Hobart Archbishop Julian Porteous claiming that “the definition of a ‘conversion practice’ in the report is so broad and expansive that it would make unlawful, medical and psychological treatments considered by many to be best practice”.Archbishop Porteous said that law reforms to ban conversion practices “would also place legal restrictions on the type of care provided by a range of community groups, in particular faith communities, which has made a very positive difference to the lives of many.”In its June 12 edition, the Catholic Standard published an opinion piece with the headline ‘Report Seeks to Ban Treatment of Gender Dysphoria’.
Read more on starobserver.com.au
