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Catholic doctors defend Spanish Bishop against charges of ‘inciting hate’

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April 19, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - As homosexuals  lobby for the prosecution  of Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Alcala de Henares for teaching the Catholic Church ’s position on homosexual acts , an international group of Catholic doctors has rushed to the Spanish Bishop’s defense, reports the CatholicNewsAgency  (CNA). Bishop Reig  came under intense criticism  after condemning homosexual acts in a Good Friday homily, and saying that persons with homosexual attractions can experience a kind of “hell” in their lives when they visit gay night clubs. Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla In a later interview with the Internet news service Religion en Libertad (Religion in Liberty), he reiterated that “the consequences for many people” of such behavior, are “coloquially speaking a ‘hell’ in their lives” and asserted that homosexual inclinations can be cured through therapy. Responding to the controversy, the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays , Transsexuals and Bise...