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Dr.
Paul Church now expelled from four Boston area hospitals – over comments to
colleagues at one hospital about its promotion of unhealthy, high-risk LGBT
lifestyle.Standing on principle while under pressure to repudiate facts.
The ideological corruption in the medical
profession defies belief.
August 7, 2017GREAT VIDEO: "The great lies and the cost of telling the truth." Dr. Paul Church describes his unbelievable ordeal -- and the dangers the medical community is ignoring. At the MassResistance Luncheon on 4/9/17.
The horrific treatment of Dr. Paul Church has
become a nightmare – affecting him, of course, but ultimately all of us as
well. Because he told the medical truth and refused to bow to political
correctness on this critical public health issue, he has now been banned from
four prominent Boston area hospitals and a urology clinic.
This is the frightening state of today’s medical
profession.
Dr. Church is a urologist who was on the staff
of several major Boston area hospitals and clinics for nearly 30 years. He was
on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He has done research on diagnosing
prostate and bladder cancer, and has spoken to educational and civic groups on
the subject of high-risk sexual behaviors.
In 2015, as we reported, Dr. Church was expelled from
the staff of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) where he had
worked for 28 years. The reason? His comments to colleagues that homosexuality
is medically unhealthy and that a hospital should not be promoting and
celebrating that behavior in “gay pride” events and other hospital-sponsored
activities.
Subsequently, he was expelled from two more Boston area hospitals, Brigham
& Women’s Faulkner, where also had worked for 28 years, and Beth
Israel Deaconess-Needham, where had worked for over six years. Both
hospitals admitted that they did not expel Dr. Church because of anything he
said or did at those hospitals. He had a perfect performance record. They
expelled him because of his original comments made at BIDMC.
After being expelled by the three hospitals, Dr.
Church needed a hospital for patient referrals. A fourth hospital, St.
Elizabeth’s in Boston, made
an offer in 2016 to bring Dr. Church onto their staff, but then abruptly
cancelled it. He had been approved by hospital officials all the way up the
ladder to join St. Elizabeth’s. Contracts had been signed and even business
cards had been printed up. But as he was about to start work, he was informed
that they had disapproved his credentialing. The administrators cited “other
disputes” and his hiring was cancelled. Dr. Church later found out that
hospital officials feared repercussions by the LGBT community for his views
expressed at BIDMC.
He has also been dismissed from an independent
urology clinic. In addition to the four
hospitals, Dr. Church was asked to leave the staff of Men’s Health
Boston, a urology clinic where he had been in practice for more
than 10 years. He was told that the reason was his dispute at BIDMC. They told
him, “We don’t agree with what you’re doing,” and that the BIDMC issue would be
“bad for business.”
At no time throughout his career had Dr. Church
ever been accused of any discrimination in his treatment of patients, nor had
there been any complaints at all from patients.
Currently, Dr. Church continues to see some
patients at a private office in suburban Boston. But without hospital staff
privileges, he can no longer do hospital work or perform needed surgeries
himself. His livelihood has been significantly impacted as a result.
The medical profession is out of control
What is going on?
Most people don’t realize how extensively the
medical profession is ignoring critical medical and public health risks in
favor of outrageous LGBT political correctness, and has even incorporated that
ideology into their institutions.
All the major Boston hospitals now participate
in the annual “Gay Pride Week” – a public display of sexual and emotional dysfunction. They also
heavily promote LGBT events and issues internally.
And now we’re reeling from the transgender
phenomenon, especially its terrible abuse of children in schools and by medical
and mental health professionals. But the medical profession refuses to deal
with this issue honestly.
Dissent regarding LGBT issues is not tolerated,
even regarding medical facts. As Dr. Church observes, the medical community
doesn’t care about the dangers, and is willing to accept the collateral damage
their silence brings.
Information such as that contained in MassResistance’s
book documenting the LGBT health hazards is almost completely absent
from today’s medical facilities.
Instead, the medical establishment now promotes
homosexuality as being natural and healthy. Deviant sexual practices are
equated with normal heterosexual behaviors. We’re now being told that it’s only
a problem when homosexuals engage in “unprotected sex”.
This unethical approach is good for business.
While throwing their unconditional support
behind the LGBT movement, the hospitals also work hard to attract the “LGBT
community” as patients. Major hospitals now cater to the wide range of
“unusual” health issues resulting from common LGBT sexual practices and
lifestyle. At the same, they advertise that they are providing LGBT patients a
“safe” environment – safe from any information that might disturb their
proclivities.
How it all started: At BIDMC Dr. Church told the truth
It all started at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center (BIDMC).
As we reported in 2015, Dr. Church brought up his
concerns internally, to BIDMC hospital officials and staff, not publicly.
He cited irrefutable medical evidence that
high-risk sexual practices common to the LGBT community lead to (among other
things) a higher incidence of HIV/AIDS, STD's, hepatitis, parasitic infections,
anal cancers, and psychiatric disorders. Promoting such behavior, he said, is
contrary to the higher mission of the healthcare facility to protect the public
welfare and encourage healthy lifestyles.
BIDMC never disputed the truth of Dr. Church’s
medical statements. They did not claim that Dr. Church ever discussed this with
patients, or treated patients any differently if they were involved in these
behaviors.
Instead Dr. Church was told that his admonitions
about homosexual behavior constituted “discrimination and harassment,” were
“offensive to BIDMC staff,” and could not be tolerated.
In March, 2015, the hospital notified him he was being formally
expelled from the staff. The appeal process, which lasted until December
2015, included detailed testimony by Dr. Church and other medical experts
supporting him. The expulsion was ultimately upheld by the hospital’s Board of
Directors. Members of the hospital’s “LGBT community” (a so-called “protected
class” in Massachusetts) claimed they were “offended” by Dr. Church’s remarks
about the medical consequences of typical LGBT sexual practices and behaviors.
Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital accuses Dr. Church of
using “bad medicine”
In November, 2015, even before BIDMC had completed its appeal
process, Dr. Church was notified by Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Faulkner
Hospital (BWFH) that his reappointment was not being renewed; he was
effectively being terminated.
He was told that his termination is “related to
your dispute with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center” and that his “conduct”
there “does not comport with professional standards and ethics.”
Dr. Church requested a hearing to appeal his
expulsion, as allowed by the hospital by-laws. The hearing began in June 2016
and was finally adjudicated one year later – in June 2017.
At his hearing, BWFH doctors told Dr. Church
that his statements made at BIDMC about the unhealthy nature of homosexuality
were “unprofessional” and constitute “bad medicine.” They
said that there is no innate unhealthiness to LGBT behavior, but that
“unprotected sex” is the reason for any LGBT-related health problems. They
ignored the information from the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
which he presented to them to back up his statements.
This is one of the exhibits from the federal CDC website that Dr. Church presented to defend his position. It was ignored.
Dr. Church and his expert witnesses fiercely
denied that he indulged in any “unprofessional conduct” or “bad medicine.”
These claims against him, he said, are purposefully drawn from an absurd
oversimplification and complete misrepresentation of the facts. It’s well
documented that LGBT behaviors statistically result in an enormous increase in
HIV/AIDS, syphilis, anal cancer, hepatitis, depression, suicide, domestic
violence, and many other problems. In particular, as Dr. Church pointed out, it
has a lot to do with promiscuity, a wide range of risk-taking behaviors, and
the type of sex, i.e., anal intercourse. The “safe sex” message has been around
for decades, and yet the latest statistics show no decline in the disease
transmission rates (and even increases in certain STDs), especially among the
homosexual males in the younger age groups and racial minorities. This cannot
be explained away by lack of “education” or availability of condoms.
But unfortunately, all of this was ignored and
rejected in both the BIDMC and BWFH hearings.
Aggressive and dishonest tactics used against Dr. Church
Dr. Church’s position makes common sense both
from a medical and public health standpoint. He was punished with an
unprecedented level of censorship for views held by other medical experts and
supported by medical and scientific fact.
Thus, because their case against Dr. Church was
so weak, the hospitals used very dishonest and overly aggressive tactics to get
him removed.
1. Improper use of “Peer Review” process
Massachusetts, like most states, provides in its
statutes (Ch. 111 Sec. 203) the requirement that hospitals
have a “medical peer review” process. Its purpose is to respond to reports of
conduct by a healthcare provider that indicates “incompetency in his specialty”
or “might be inconsistent or harmful to good patient care” – and determine if
his privileges should be suspended “in the best interests of patient care.”
The statutes also require (Ch. 111 Sec. 204) that the “proceedings,
reports, and records” of the peer review process be strictly confidential –
even immune from subpoena by a court!
Many hospitals around the country abuse this
process. They dishonestly use the medical peer review process as a way punish
or remove doctors for ideological or political reasons that have nothing to do
with incompetence or patient care. Since all the proceedings and documentation
surrounding the process is by law confidential, the doctor is unable to
publicly defend himself.
The use of “sham peer reviews” to punish
physicians has been strongly denounced for years by groups such as the American Association of
Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS).
Yet this is exactly what happened to Dr. Church
at BIDMC, BWFH, and Beth Israel-Needham Hospital. When it came to actually
caring for patients, none of the hospitals ever accused him of medical
incompetence, or of endangering patients in any way. All of Dr. Church’s
comments about homosexuality were within internal hospital communications
involving administration and staff, and never with patients.
Yet BIDMC, BWFH, and Beth Israel-Needham
Hospital labeled every single memo and document dealing with this process in
any way as “Peer Review / Confidential.” This was clearly to protect the
hospital’s reputation, not Dr. Church or his patients. He wanted complete
transparency and public disclosure of everything.
2. Legal intimidation
Both BIDMC and BWFH held hearings after Dr.
Church’s expulsion as part of the peer review “appeal” process.
The hearings were not “legal court cases” but
attorneys from both sides were allowed. Dr. Church had one lawyer. The
hospitals each brought in whole teams of lawyers from high-priced Boston firms.
Both hospitals clearly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars each on legal
fees, presented mountains of paperwork, and endless, often trivial, “exhibits”
against him, to overwhelm the process. Someday, we’d love to see all that!
That kind of legal intimidation and unlimited budget make it nearly impossible
for even a highly respected physician like Dr. Church to come out on top.
3. Kangaroo court
On top of all the above, we were told that both
appeal hearings were conducted by a panel of hospital-selected doctors and
staff in an absurd, mostly hostile, “kangaroo court” style. They often
curtailed the time allotted for Dr. Church and his attorney and extended the
time for the hospital people. Dr. Church’s character witnesses were treated
with disrespect. Key testimony was simply tossed out or not allowed. In short,
we were told, their behavior clearly suggested that the appeal “hearing” was
simply an aggravating formality that the hospital by-laws required. They had no
intention of looking at the facts in any unbiased manner.
The LGBT blitz through the medical profession continues
If anything, will prove to be a significant
precedent for the LGBT agenda in medicine. There were no criminal charges, no
patient safety issues, no incompetence, or even proof that Dr. Church was
incorrect in what he said. ONLY in opposing their ideology.
As Dr. Church recently said,
This is both an ideological dispute and a
medical issue. I have pointed out repeatedly that there are staff and employees
at these hospitals who object – based on moral and religious convictions – to
the unconditional promotion of LGBT agenda. Additionally, and especially
relevant to the mission of a healthcare institution, is the medical evidence
that behaviors and lifestyles common to this group are often unhealthy and lead
to serious medical consequences. It is hypocritical at best, and a betrayal of
the public trust at worst, to ignore or downplay these aspects in the interest
of political correctness.
Where is the discrimination here? Not by Dr.
Church!
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Ed. Note: Dr. Church wrote the introduction to the book The
Health Hazards of Homosexually which can be purchased from this site or Amazon.
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