PRIEST USED LAST RITES TO 'CURE' ME OF BEING GAY
Irish Daily Mirror|June 23, 2022
RTE reveals horror of sacrament abuse
LYNNE KELLEHER
PRIEST USED LAST RITES TO 'CURE' ME OF BEING GAY

AN RTE documentary has revealed the disturbing practice of a priest using the last rites sacrament to "cure" people of being gay.

Marina Forrestal recalled being anointed with oil by a cleric in the mid-70s as he administered the sacrament of the sick.

In Outitude, she said her hands were anointed to prevent her from engaging in homosexual acts and she also heard gay men endured the same practice.

This story is from the June 23, 2022 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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