Australian Doctor Prescribed Chemical-Castration Drug To Gay Teenager
Australian Doctor Prescribed Chemical-Castration Drug To Gay Teenager
While California ponders banning so-called reparative therapy, a doctor in Sydney, Australia, has been barred from practicing medicine after prescribing a “gay cure” of his own to a teenage patient—namely chemical castration.
Dr. Mark Craddock, a member of the reactionary Exclusive Brethren Christian Fellowship, prescribed the drug Cyprosta, used to treat prostate cancer by blocking the production of testosterone, to an 18-year-old member of his sect, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Now, 24, the young man sent a letter to the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission, claiming that after he came out, a church leader “recommended that I speak to Dr Craddock on the matter, with a view to my being placed on medication to help me with my ‘problem.”’
He says Craddock prescribed him the drug after a 10-minute visit and never told him about its libidinal side effects—or that it’s also used to control sex offenders.
In a hearing earlier this summer, Craddock admitted he did not obtain a medical history, conduct a physical exam, arrange for any follow-up or suggest the boy see a therapist (something Cyprostat’s manufacturers strongly recommend). After admitting he should not have prescribed the drug, Craddock was guilty of “unsatisfactory processional conduct” and had restrictions placed on his medical registration.
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We had a girl in our class at school who's family were Exclusives. She used to cycle miles home and back at lunchtime so's she didn't eat with the rest of us. She even tried , unsuccessfully , to stop her younger brother from playing sport/games with his own year.
One of my pals who's Armenian married an Armenian girl in their Orthodox Church to keep his parents happy. Then, at a much later , she joined the Brethren. I thought it was odd when years later we went for a catch up drink it was clear he was under orders to be home early - we kept him out late on purpose.
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