As part of a conversion therapy survey, Europe 1 met with Kayle. The young man was one of the victims of several attempts "to weaken the demon of homosexuality in him".

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For five years, we tried to "cure" him of his homosexuality. While two deputies have just launched a parliamentary mission to ban in France these conversion therapies that evoke practices of another time, Europe 1 found Kayle, one of the victims of these therapies, who are used to go under the radars media. He was kind enough to tell how pastors tried to "weaken the demon of homosexuality" that was in him.

"I was prevented from sleeping, then afterwards to eat and drink for one, two, or three days"

"At the age of seven, my mother caught me kissing a boy whom I had had come to sleep at my house and she told her pastor who immediately concluded that I was possessed by the demon of homosexuality, and their purpose was to weaken that demon so that he would leave my body, that is to say that every weekend I would go to prayer vigils at church, between midnight and 6 am I was prevented from sleeping, then to eat and drink for one, two, or three days. "

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"After these periods of fasting, they were doing exercises on me.The day that marked me the most was the one where there was a 'Latin' pastor, I take a step in the church and immediately, he scream in his microphone that I have the demon of homosexuality in me He tells me to go ahead in front of everyone, undresses me, puts me naked, pours salt on my body, and prays. good minutes, I was like that, naked in front of everyone ... "