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January 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Steve Doughty
Last updated at 1:11 AM on 30th January 2012
Senior Church of England clerics yesterday condemned the treatment of a Christian psychotherapist who agreed to ‘convert’ a gay man.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey and two serving bishops were among those who called for Lesley Pilkington to be restored to full professional status.
She was found to have broken the ethical code of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy when she agreed to a request from Patrick Strudwick to help him become a heterosexual.
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord
Carey, left, and two bishops were among those who called for Lesley
Pilkington, right, to be restored to professional status
She faces effective disbarment from her profession.
Mr Strudwick did not tell her he was a gay activist campaigning to discredit counselling which tries to help an individual change his or her sexuality.
An appeal by 61-year-old Mrs Pilkington against the BACP finding is to be heard this week.
The clerics have joined a group of protesters who say Mrs Pilkington was a victim of entrapment and that she and other counsellors should be free to advise clients who wish to change their sexuality, and that people who want to change their sexuality have a right to help.
A letter in support of Mrs Pilkington has been signed by Lord Carey, the Bishop of Chester, the Rt Rev Peter Forster, and the Bishop of Lewes, the Rt Rev Wallace Benn, together with a number of senior clergy.
It said: ‘We believe that people who seek, freely, to resolve unwanted same-sex attractions hold the moral right to receive professional assistance.
‘Whether motivated by Christian conscience or other values, clients, not practitioners, have the prerogative to choose the yardstick by which to define themselves.’
The action comes amid a number of key legal cases involving Christians and their right either to express their faith or to stand by their beliefs that homosexual practice is wrong.
Mrs Pilkington said the BACP had denied her a fair hearing.
BACP spokesman Phillip Hodson said: ‘The matter is still under due process. We can make no comment at all.’
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