Father imprisoned gay teen son in rehab clinic after a witch failed to exorcise his homosexuality [View all]
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Russia: Father imprisoned gay teen son in rehab clinic after a witch failed to exorcise his homosexuality
A teenager has escaped from a rehab clinic after his traditionalist father locked him up after he came out to him aged 16.
Ivan Kharchenko, a Moscow teenager, spent 12 days in the Marshak rehab facility, supposedly used to treat drug addictions. He was released after 12 days of forced detention following a siege staged by his friends and supporters including by the Russian human rights campaigner Dmitry Aleshkovsky and State Duma Deputy (MP) Ilya Ponomaryov.
He was placed in the facility against his will after his paternal grandmother had tricked him into seeing a witch who attempted to exorcise the ‘spirit of homosexuality’ from him. When this route failed, his father turned to doctors and medication for help.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/04/25/russia-father-imprisoned-gay-teen-son-in-rehab-clinic-after-a-witch-failed-to-exorcise-his-homosexuality/
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