Gay rights group concerned that Morphou bishop cleared by AG (Updated)
The Bishop of Morphou, Neophytos, has not committed a criminal offence with his anti-gay comments, the attorney-general’s office said on Monday. The case file submitted...
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Bishop’s anti-gay comments ‘blown out of proportion’ Archbishop says
Archbishop Chrysostomos said Friday the Holy Synod will not discuss insulting comments made by Morphou Bishop Neophytos about gays pending a decision by the attorney-general...
Morphou bishop gave ‘possible scientific explanation’ of homosexuality say academics (Updated)
Some 38 academics from across the world appeared on Monday to have signed an open letter in support of the Bishop Neophytos of Morphou as...
Bishop of Chicago slams ‘shameful’ gay comments by Morphou counterpart
The Metropolitan Bishop of Chicago, Nathanael, has launched a scathing attack on Morphou Bishop Neophytos over his comments on homosexuality. Last month Neophytos went viral...
Attorney-general orders investigation into bishop’s anti-gay comments
Attorney-general Costas Clerides said on Thursday he had ordered an investigation into highly controversial comments made by Morphou Bishop Neophytos about homosexuals, as a war...
Archbishop distances himself from bishop’s homosexual statements
Archbishop Chrysostomos said on Tuesday the controversial statements on homosexuality made by Morphou Bishop Neophytos do not represent him, while five days after they were...
Morphou bishop now claims gay men have a ‘nasty smell’
Accept LGBTI Cyprus has published another snippet from a recent talk on homosexuality by Bishop Neophytos of Morphou where he says gay men have a...
Bishop ‘only expressed the views of the Church and the saints’ on homosexuality
Morphou bishop Neophytos said on Friday his statements on homosexuality were the position of the Orthodox church and the saints, while his statements went viral...
Bishop says homosexuality passed on to the unborn when pregnant women enjoy anal sex
Homosexuality is usually a problem transferred to a foetus, when a pregnant woman has anal sex and enjoys it, the Bishop of Morphou Neophytos said...
Ousted priest says was deliberately infected with HIV, never gay
A Church of Cyprus clergyman who was pushed out of the running to become Bishop of Morphou in 1996 after being accused of being gay,...
