Therapy willmake spiritual counseling a crime in Canada: a psychotherapist
"The ultimate goal is to silence the Christian church in Canada."
TORONTO, Ontario, February 20, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) - The federal bill criminalizing "conversion therapy" in Canada will prohibit prayer and spiritual counseling to people with unwanted same-sex attraction, a Christian psychotherapist warns.
"The ultimate goal is to silence the Christian church in Canada. It's to keep us from talking. It's totally totalitarian," the retired expert said this week on the Council for Survivors of Complex Trauma at a luncheon with the clergy of the Campaign Life Coalition.
"This is about banning ... the central ministry of the church, which is the conversion ... And it's about banning the ministry to broken hearts," said Dr. Ann Gillies,author of the 2017 book Closing the Floodgates, an analysis of propaganda promoting the sexual revolution.
"The ultimate goal is to silence the Christian church in Canada. It's to keep us from talking. It's totally totalitarian," the retired expert said this week on the Council for Survivors of Complex Trauma at a luncheon with the clergy of the Campaign Life Coalition.
"This is about banning ... the central ministry of the church, which is the conversion ... And it's about banning the ministry to broken hearts," said Dr. Ann Gillies,author of the 2017 book Closing the Floodgates, an analysis of propaganda promoting the sexual revolution.
"And this forbids the ability to convert, not conversion therapy, but the power of God to change people.
That is really what is at the heart of this bill. Gillies told pastors and priests at the event organized by the national pro-life and family political lobbying group in Canada that she was speaking out on Bill S-202 because it had been "touched by the LGBTQ community for 40 years."
It started when her first husband "told me he was gay," she said.
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During the 14 years they were together, she didn't know he had "a lot, a lot of homosexual affairs". Then her son told her, shortly after marrying her current husband, that her father had sexually assaulted him for more than a decade. Gillies described the "horrible" and "traumatising"
ordeal of seeing her ex-husband go to trial, her son testifying for three days and her ex-husband acquitted.
He currently lives in the "gay" village of Toronto, where he is "protected by activists" although he is an alleged paedophile, she said.
His son lived gay life in Toronto for 11 years, then decided to leave. He underwent years of therapy, first anger management,
then sexual addiction therapy, and is now married with four children.
"I would say I have a direct interest in exposing the darkness," Gilliessaid. "I feel called to do it." Indeed, Gillies and her son appeared in Sandie Rinaldo's "investigative" play CTV W5 on so-called conversion therapy in Canada, entitled "Thy Will Be Done," a program Gillies described as "absolutely biased" and a "direct assault on the church."
His son talked about his life in the "gay village" of Toronto - which was published.
"And he spoke very clearly of, you know, that it was a community and he felt love there and took care of him and he enjoyed it.
He liked it. And he told Sandy Rinaldo, "This is the most promiscient community you can find.
So ittook me a long time to get out of it," Gilliessaid.
"We must hear his voice. We need to hear more voices. We need those who have lived ... those programs that have helped people help them,
not hurt them, not hurt them, but help them. We have to listen to them.
But they have to start expressing themselves," she said.
That is really what is at the heart of this bill. Gillies told pastors and priests at the event organized by the national pro-life and family political lobbying group in Canada that she was speaking out on Bill S-202 because it had been "touched by the LGBTQ community for 40 years."
It started when her first husband "told me he was gay," she said.
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During the 14 years they were together, she didn't know he had "a lot, a lot of homosexual affairs". Then her son told her, shortly after marrying her current husband, that her father had sexually assaulted him for more than a decade. Gillies described the "horrible" and "traumatising"
ordeal of seeing her ex-husband go to trial, her son testifying for three days and her ex-husband acquitted.
He currently lives in the "gay" village of Toronto, where he is "protected by activists" although he is an alleged paedophile, she said.
His son lived gay life in Toronto for 11 years, then decided to leave. He underwent years of therapy, first anger management,
then sexual addiction therapy, and is now married with four children.
"I would say I have a direct interest in exposing the darkness," Gilliessaid. "I feel called to do it." Indeed, Gillies and her son appeared in Sandie Rinaldo's "investigative" play CTV W5 on so-called conversion therapy in Canada, entitled "Thy Will Be Done," a program Gillies described as "absolutely biased" and a "direct assault on the church."
His son talked about his life in the "gay village" of Toronto - which was published.
"And he spoke very clearly of, you know, that it was a community and he felt love there and took care of him and he enjoyed it.
He liked it. And he told Sandy Rinaldo, "This is the most promiscient community you can find.
So ittook me a long time to get out of it," Gilliessaid.
"We must hear his voice. We need to hear more voices. We need those who have lived ... those programs that have helped people help them,
not hurt them, not hurt them, but help them. We have to listen to them.
But they have to start expressing themselves," she said.
"A Strict Program to ProsecuteChurches"
Rinaldo also interviewed Dr. Kristopher Wells, Canada Research Chair in Public Understanding of Sexualand Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan
University in Edmonton, Alberta.
Wells is "really the main culprit in this bill in Parliament and municipalities," Gilliessaid.
The federal bill in question is the S-202 , introduced by Senator Serge Joyal, now retired,
and currently under the direction of Senator René Cormier and at second reading.
S-202 defines "conversion therapy" as any
practice, treatment or service designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity or to eliminate or reduce sexual attraction or same-sex sexual behaviour. For greater certainty, this definition does not include a surgical sex change or any other related service.
This definition is so broad that if Bill S-202 were passed, pastors would not be able to discourage people from watching homosexual pornography and 12-step programs such as Courage - which helps Catholics with same-sex attraction to live
chastely - as well as Protestants. ex-gay ministries like Exodus Global "would be on the move," Gilliessaid.
But that's Wells' express intention, she said. "He has a strict program to prosecute churches."
Rinaldo also interviewed Dr. Kristopher Wells, Canada Research Chair in Public Understanding of Sexualand Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan
University in Edmonton, Alberta.
Wells is "really the main culprit in this bill in Parliament and municipalities," Gilliessaid.
The federal bill in question is the S-202 , introduced by Senator Serge Joyal, now retired,
and currently under the direction of Senator René Cormier and at second reading.
S-202 defines "conversion therapy" as any
practice, treatment or service designed to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity or to eliminate or reduce sexual attraction or same-sex sexual behaviour. For greater certainty, this definition does not include a surgical sex change or any other related service.
This definition is so broad that if Bill S-202 were passed, pastors would not be able to discourage people from watching homosexual pornography and 12-step programs such as Courage - which helps Catholics with same-sex attraction to live
chastely - as well as Protestants. ex-gay ministries like Exodus Global "would be on the move," Gilliessaid.
But that's Wells' express intention, she said. "He has a strict program to prosecute churches."
Prohibition of Spiritual Counseling and Exorcism In an
October 2019 press release announcing his brochure Conversion Therapy in Canada: The roles and responsibilities of municipals, Wells included "restorative therapy," which, as Gilliesnoted, was developed by the late American psychiatristDr. Joseph Nicolosi;
"Reintegration therapy"; and "efforts of sexual orientation and gender identity change" as forms of conversion therapy.
He defined conversion therapy as "any form of treatment, including individual speech therapy, behavioral or aversion therapy,
group therapy, treatments, spiritual prayer, exorcism and/or medical or drug treatmentsthat
actively attempt to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity. or gender expression.
Gillies pointed out that Wells gave up in the middle of this list "SpiritPrayer" and "Exorcism."
October 2019 press release announcing his brochure Conversion Therapy in Canada: The roles and responsibilities of municipals, Wells included "restorative therapy," which, as Gilliesnoted, was developed by the late American psychiatristDr. Joseph Nicolosi;
"Reintegration therapy"; and "efforts of sexual orientation and gender identity change" as forms of conversion therapy.
He defined conversion therapy as "any form of treatment, including individual speech therapy, behavioral or aversion therapy,
group therapy, treatments, spiritual prayer, exorcism and/or medical or drug treatmentsthat
actively attempt to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity. or gender expression.
Gillies pointed out that Wells gave up in the middle of this list "SpiritPrayer" and "Exorcism."
"He wants to cover everything," she said.
He also lobbied municipalities to implement therapy bans, with Edmonton City Council approving a therapy ban for unwanted gay attractions in December 2019. It carries penalties for the loss of a professional licence, the loss of a commercial license, a fine of $10,000 and five years in prison.
"The way they're going to enforce it is an assumption," Gillies said.But Wells was clear that Edmonton's ban was "so powerful" because "
it captures all forms of conversion therapy, whether medical, spiritual or religious," she added.
Spruce Grove, Fort McMurray and Calgary have passed bans, while Red Deer is considering one. Vancouver, B.C.,
is banning therapy to help those who leave the LGBT lifestyle, as do Ontario and Nova Scotia.
More importantly, Prime Minister Trudeau's mandate letter to Justice Minister David Lametti clarified
the criminal code amendment to prohibit "conversion" therapy.
While liberals are aware of the rights of religious groups, the Charter guarantees "a right to personal security under section 7 of the Charter,
and frankly, I focus here as Minister of Justice on the victims of this practice." Lametti told Rinaldo of W5.
"They're young, they're vulnerable. No right in the Charter gives you the right to do so to another person. »
He also lobbied municipalities to implement therapy bans, with Edmonton City Council approving a therapy ban for unwanted gay attractions in December 2019. It carries penalties for the loss of a professional licence, the loss of a commercial license, a fine of $10,000 and five years in prison.
"The way they're going to enforce it is an assumption," Gillies said.But Wells was clear that Edmonton's ban was "so powerful" because "
it captures all forms of conversion therapy, whether medical, spiritual or religious," she added.
Spruce Grove, Fort McMurray and Calgary have passed bans, while Red Deer is considering one. Vancouver, B.C.,
is banning therapy to help those who leave the LGBT lifestyle, as do Ontario and Nova Scotia.
More importantly, Prime Minister Trudeau's mandate letter to Justice Minister David Lametti clarified
the criminal code amendment to prohibit "conversion" therapy.
While liberals are aware of the rights of religious groups, the Charter guarantees "a right to personal security under section 7 of the Charter,
and frankly, I focus here as Minister of Justice on the victims of this practice." Lametti told Rinaldo of W5.
"They're young, they're vulnerable. No right in the Charter gives you the right to do so to another person. »
Medical Establishment Lying About Homosexuality
And the medical establishment, including the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), is entirely behind these prohibitions, having "disavowed" and actively "suppressed" for decades research that supports "the viability of change,
and that people can actually change without harming themselves," Gillies said.
Rinaldo of W5 asked Gillies what she thought of the APA and the CPA, "and I said I didn't agree with them.
So you know where it puts me in the line of fire," she says.
"They are wrong. They're wrong. They have been lying to us for years and years and years. And it's time for someone to stand up and talk about it. "For example, Dr. Robert Spitzer was forced to withdraw his 2001 study, which found that 66% of men and 44% of women
"achieved good heterosexual functioning" after receiving restorative therapy.
And a 2018 study by PL Santero et al on "the effects of therapy on religious men who suffer from unwanted same-sex attraction" was withdrawn by Linacre Quarterly for "unresolved statistical differences."
The study of 125 men found that a number "dramatically changed from same-sex attraction to the attraction of another sex," and two-thirds moved "a significant amount to heterosexual attraction" after conversion therapy, noted Gillies.La disinformation campaign was so relentless that Canadians accepted three false assumptions about homosexuality: that it is innate; irreversible and normal.
With the impending criminalization of therapy, Christians must now push back, become "gently"
confrontational and raise questions about the implications of such legislation, Gillies said.
She was a 'wheelchair activist' for years, until 'finally it was as God had said, 'you can no longer stand there.
If you want to change something, you have to do something," she said.
His motto now is: "Stand firm, walk cautiously and live bravely," Gillies told the clerics.
"And I pray that this will become our mantra, that we be like Jesus, that we stand firm, that we do not waver in the truth of His word; that we walk cautiously - He did not choose the fights unnecessarily, but He did not back down - and that we would live courageously these days. Gilliesrecommended his book Closing the Floodgates and the Statement of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) to churches as resources, and suggested that interested parties register for the national weekly leadership briefing in NLBcanada.ca.
Dr. Gillies can be contacted at restoringthemosaic.ca
And the medical establishment, including the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), is entirely behind these prohibitions, having "disavowed" and actively "suppressed" for decades research that supports "the viability of change,
and that people can actually change without harming themselves," Gillies said.
Rinaldo of W5 asked Gillies what she thought of the APA and the CPA, "and I said I didn't agree with them.
So you know where it puts me in the line of fire," she says.
"They are wrong. They're wrong. They have been lying to us for years and years and years. And it's time for someone to stand up and talk about it. "For example, Dr. Robert Spitzer was forced to withdraw his 2001 study, which found that 66% of men and 44% of women
"achieved good heterosexual functioning" after receiving restorative therapy.
And a 2018 study by PL Santero et al on "the effects of therapy on religious men who suffer from unwanted same-sex attraction" was withdrawn by Linacre Quarterly for "unresolved statistical differences."
The study of 125 men found that a number "dramatically changed from same-sex attraction to the attraction of another sex," and two-thirds moved "a significant amount to heterosexual attraction" after conversion therapy, noted Gillies.La disinformation campaign was so relentless that Canadians accepted three false assumptions about homosexuality: that it is innate; irreversible and normal.
With the impending criminalization of therapy, Christians must now push back, become "gently"
confrontational and raise questions about the implications of such legislation, Gillies said.
She was a 'wheelchair activist' for years, until 'finally it was as God had said, 'you can no longer stand there.
If you want to change something, you have to do something," she said.
His motto now is: "Stand firm, walk cautiously and live bravely," Gillies told the clerics.
"And I pray that this will become our mantra, that we be like Jesus, that we stand firm, that we do not waver in the truth of His word; that we walk cautiously - He did not choose the fights unnecessarily, but He did not back down - and that we would live courageously these days. Gilliesrecommended his book Closing the Floodgates and the Statement of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) to churches as resources, and suggested that interested parties register for the national weekly leadership briefing in NLBcanada.ca.
Dr. Gillies can be contacted at restoringthemosaic.ca