Swiss bishops ‘strongly reject’ conversion therapy for homosexual, ‘transgender’ individuals - LifeSite

Wed May 27, 2026 - 12:25 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — The Swiss Bishops’ Conference (SBK) announced Tuesday that it is “strongly” opposed to conversion measures which seek to align one’s sexual inclination or “gender identity” with one’s God-given sex. The Swiss bishops issued their statement in support of a conversion measure ban for children and young adults that has been proposed in the Swiss Parliament. As the bill explains, conversion measures, which are “also known as so-called ‘conversion therapy’ or ‘homo healing’ — aim to ‘repolar’ the homosexual predisposition of a person into a heterosexual one or to change the gender identity of affected persons.” “The SBK strongly rejects conversion measures,” the bishops declared in their Tuesday statement. “They are not compatible with a pastoral mandate based on acceptance, veracity and protection of the person. In the religious context, such practices can become spiritual abuse when people are shamed, threatened, or manipulated in the name …