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,...
EU court bars ‘gay test’ for asylum seekers
Hungarian immigration officials should not have put a Nigerian asylum seeker through psychological tests to determine whether he was telling the truth that he was...
Europe court angers Russia with ‘gay propaganda’ ruling (Update)
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a Russian law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors breached European treaty rules, angering Moscow, which...
Archbishop referred to attorney-general’s office for controversial comments on homosexuals
Accept-LGBTI Cyprus on Monday lodged an official report on Archbishop Chrysostomos with the attorney-general for promoting hatred based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The...
Our View: Archbishop’s outburst against homosexuality beyond offensive
ARCHBISHOP Chrysostomos has always been a homophobe. While still Bishop of Paphos he had tried to prevent the head of Macheras monastery Athanasios from standing...
Backlash against ‘hateful’ Archbishop over anti-gay comments (Updated)
Archbishop Chrysostomos has announced that the Church plans on establishing schools that will teach among other things that homosexuality is “an unnatural choice”. The comment...
Chinese gay activist challenges homosexuality ‘disorder’ textbooks
A gay Chinese student activist on Monday lodged a suit against the Ministry of Education over school textbooks describing homosexuality as a mental disorder, the...
Bishop appeals to gays to ‘return to the right path’
Bishop of Paphos Georgios on Monday appealed to people “suffering from homosexuality” to mend their aberrant ways, and if they did, the church would welcome...
ECHR decisions have prompted positive changes in Cyprus – study
The decriminalisation of homosexuality, improvements in court delays, and the right of Turkish Cypriots to vote in parliamentary elections have been used as positive examples...
In new book, Pope Francis explains vision of compassionate Church
By Philip Pullella Pope Francis calls in a new book for Roman Catholic leaders to be compassionate shepherds to a “wounded humanity”, not lofty scholars...
Irish vote on gay marriage in landmark referendum
By Padraic Halpin The Irish voted on Friday on whether to allow gay marriage, just two decades after Ireland became the last country in Western...