Pray the Gay Away

Mission Investigate’s reporters picked up stories from young Christian gay men, describing how Protestant priests still today try to ‛cure’ homosexuality. Behind closed doors these men were promised that through intercession and other ceremonies they would be made able to love women. But since this counselling always takes place behind closed doors the reporters faced a dilemma − how to record this practice on tape? The only possible way to show how these priests defy their own Church was to go undercover and use hidden cameras and microphones, a highly controversial method. When it became known that the producers had used hidden cameras and fake identities to reveal how Swedish priests were trying to ‛cure’ young gay men, the criticism was massive.