Boston hospital panel upholds doctor’s firing for telling the truth about LGBT behaviour
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| The main entrance to the east campus of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, on Brookline Avenue in Boston. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
A special appeal panel at
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston has upheld the hospital
administration’s earlier claim that a physician’s statements to colleagues and
staff about the dangers of homosexuality constitute “discrimination,”
“harassment,” and “unprofessional conduct,” and that Bible verses regarding
homosexuality are similarly “offensive” and discriminatory.
Dr. Paul Church has been a urologist on the BIDMC staff for
nearly 30 years and is a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty. He has
done research on diagnosing prostate and bladder cancer. He has also spoken on
the subject of high-risk sexual behaviors.
In recent years he voiced concerns to colleagues about the
hospital’s aggressive promotion of LGBT events and activities. That angered the
hospital administration.
Expelled from staff for
bringing up uncomfortable medical facts
Recently, Dr. Church was expelled
from the staff of BIDMC after he posted medical concerns
about the dangerous practices of homosexual behavior, also two Bible verses, on
the hospital’s internal Internet portal.
The hospital did not dispute the truth of Dr. Church’s
statements, nor claim that he ever discussed these matters with patients. But
they stated that his concerns constitute “discrimination,” “harassment,” and
“unprofessional conduct” and may not be discussed.
Appeal denied
Dr. Church requested an internal appeal of his expulsion, as the
hospital bylaws allow. On July 29th and 30th, an appeal
hearing was held before a special medical panel. On Sept. 9, Dr. Church was
notified that the panel voted
to uphold the hospital’s earlier decision. The panel also
prepared a report explaining its decision, but the report is considered
“confidential” according to hospital by-laws and has not been made available.
What this means for all of us
A frightening thing is happening in America’s medical community.
Public health is under assault by the pro-homosexual movement. In a manner that
can almost be considered demonic, medical truth that could affect millions of
people is being censored by “educated” doctors obsessed with the lies of
political correctness. It brings to mind the mentality of medical people who
continue to defend Planned Parenthood after the unspeakable horrors that have
been revealed. As always, along with this mindset goes a near-pathological
hatred of Judeo-Christian religious belief. Good people must stand up to this.
There’s also a certain Kafkaesque nature to this. The hospital
is using the serious expulsion procedure against Dr. church that’s normally
used against physicians who abuse patients or commit some kind of malpractice.
Its case is built on a strange dictum that nothing can be posted internally that
“could offend” any staff member. But at that same time, the hospital continued
to email Dr. Church their pro-LGBT material, even after he asked to be taken
off the list, which he (and others) said they found to be offensive. The hospital
sees no contradiction at all. This
is the brave new world we are entering.
What’s next?
The expulsion must be voted on by the hospital’s Board of
Directors, which would likely uphold it, but could also modify or reject it.
However, according to the by-laws, Dr. Church can first ask the
Board to conduct an
“appellate review” of the hearing panel’s recommendation. There
is a separate process for that. However, Dr. Church must show that the panel
acted improperly, arbitrarily, with prejudice, or with disregard for the
evidence presented. Dr. Church has indicated that he can show that, and that he
will seek such a review in the next week.
Did MassResistance’s
leafletting of the hospital help?
We think it was very important. On various occasions over the
past month, MassResistance activists have
protested and heavily leafletted at BIDMC. Almost no one knew
about Dr. Church’s expulsion, and lots of people were quite shocked and upset.
From other information we received, we are confident that the hospital
management received considerable negative feedback about this. But in this
case, their continuing obsession with cooperating with the LGBT movement and
their internalized disdain for traditional religious values may have been too
much to overcome – for now.
Continued news blackout in
Boston
This is a textbook case of why the mainstream media should not
be trusted.
In Boston, the mainstream media has continued its blackout of the Dr. Church
issue. In general, the Boston media reports on anything controversial.
But we suspect that the issue of the dangers of homosexual behavior is
something they don’t want to discuss in any unbiased manner – and they simply
believe that any discussion of it is “homophobic” and not worth reporting. For
example, The Boston
Business Journal, a relatively small publication, actually did
report on it, but depicted Dr. Church as posting "anti-gay comments."
The Boston
Globe, Boston
Herald, and the Boston office of the Associated Press all
acknowledged receiving information about the Dr. Church issue, and all have
declined to write about it, despite multiple calls. Nor have any Boston TV
stations picked it up.
Probably most disappointing is that Boston’s “conservative”
radio talk show host, Jeff Kuhner of WRKO 680 AM, has refused to bring it up it
on his show, despite numerous requests. Given the wide range of conservative
topics he brings up on his show, this is very unsettling.
The national mainstream media has also stayed away from the
story. Fox News,Wall
Street Journal, New
York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and even theBlaze received material
but declined to act on it.
Being reported around the
world by pro-family news sources
It’s been left to the national pro-family conservative press to
carry the ball on this. WorldNetDaily, LifeSiteNews, The New American, American Family Association,, American
Family Radio, and many websites and blogs have faithfully covered this,
including the Association of American Physicians.
