By Edmund DeMarche
January 05, 2016
Dr. Paul Church seen in 201
3 in a town in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. He would make the journey for years to perform operations on the impoverished of the town.
A prominent Boston doctor and Harvard Medical School professor says a prestigious hospital canned him because he refused to endorse the LGBT lifestyle, which he believes is dangerous and unhealthy.
Dr. Paul Church clashed with officials at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for years over the issue, bitterly opposing the hospital’s policy of promoting such events as Gay Pride Week and “LGBT Achievement” awards ceremonies. The hospital’s stance ignored overwhelming evidence that practices common in the LGBT increase the risk of disease and mental illness, according to Church, a Cornell-trained urologist who worked at the hospital for 28 years.
“They chose a social agenda that they wanted to promote,” said Church, who likened a hospital holding a gay pride event to the same institution organizing an event to promote cigarette smoking.
Church, 66, appeared to run out of options last month when the hospital’s 25-member medical executive committee voted to expel him.
The hospital said in a statement to FoxNews.com that Church’s behavior was “inconsistent with BIDMC’s established standards of professional conduct.”
“They chose a social agenda that they wanted to promote.” – Dr. Paul Church
“Because this is a medical staff credentialing matter, we do not plan to comment further,” the statement said.
Church said he was wrongfully removed and that his performance and relationship with patients were never an issue. He acknowledged sending provocative emails to hospital officials, which he said were aimed at fostering dialogue but were met with hostility.
In one 2009 email — in a response to a BIDMC’s 16th annual LGBT Achievement Award ceremony invitation — Church citied evidence that he said is “irrefutable.”
“Behaviors common within the homosexual community are unhealthy and high risk for a host of serious medical consequences, including STDs, HIV and AIDS, anal cancer, hepatitis, parasitic intestinal infections, and psychiatric disorders,” his email said. “Life expectancy is significantly decreased as a result of HIV/AIDS, complications from the other health problems, and suicide.”
Church said he asked the hospital to
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