Polish university backs out of hosting homosexual reparative therapy conference
A conference on the treatment of homosexuality has been denied use of facilities at a medical school in Poland , after the school had initially given approval for the event. The decision by the Medical School (UM) Foundation not to host the September 16 Reparative Therapy Conference , featuring psychologist Dr. Joseph Nicolosi of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), followed front-page criticism of the conference by leading Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza . “We received a reservation request for the organization of this conference and we granted it,” said UM Foundation President Roman Dworzynski at the time. “I see no (problem). (Reparative therapy) is a scientific theory like any other … When Louis Pasteur spoke about the existence of bacteria, no one believed him.” Dr. Joseph Nicolesi The medical school spokesman, Professor Marek Ruchala, also said that the Foundation is a separate entity that earns money for the medical school, and had