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Catholics fund Centre for those struggling with homosexuality

The Catholic Church funded center ‘Odwaga’ addressed the media on its mission to house and help men and women struggling with homosexual tendencies, reports LifeSiteNews.com.

A spokesperson for the Poland based center said in an interview that prayer, chastity and therapy are essential in helping ex-homosexuals recover from their undesired inclinations. It was also revealed that ‘Odwaga’ advocates everyday activities such as football and cooking to help put its members on the “right path”.

A debate encircles the issue on whether a person can change their sexual inclination.

Gay rights activists rely on a supposed lack of scientific evidence to support their position against centres like ‘Odwaga’, as the American Psychiatric Association stated, "There is simply no sufficiently scientifically sound evidence that sexual orientation can be changed."

However, Dr. Jeffrey Satinover, declared that gay organizations influenced the American Psychiatric Association and led them to abandon scientific accuracy and authentic research in order to support the political goals of the homosexual community.

Other prominent doctors have also vocalized their belief that homosexual inclinations can be changed.

In a speech last month, Spanish psychiatrist Enrique Rojas said that 95% of homosexuals developed their inclination due to environmental factors, and declared that homosexuality is "a clinical process that has an etiology, pathogeny, treatment, and cure.”

Evidence supporting centre’s like ‘Odwaga’, influenced former president of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Gerald P. Koocher, to break with the APA’s long-held stance against homosexual re-orientation therapy, saying the organization would support psychological therapy for those experiencing unwanted homosexual attractions.

Furthermore, psychiatrist Dr. Robert Spitzer, after being an influential member in the Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its diagnostic manual of mental disorders, changed his hypothesis upon reviewing results from a newer study, and said, "I thought that homosexual behavior could be resisted, but sexual orientation could not be changed. I now believe that's untrue--some people can and do change."

[05/26/2008]

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