Christian sect doctor banned from practicing
An Australian Christian doctor who prescribed a drug used to chemically castrate sex offenders to a gay teenager to treat his sexuality will no longer be allowed to practice as a GP
05 September 2012 | By Andrew Potts
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/christian-sect-doctor-banned-practicing050912An Australian doctor who is a member of a controversial Christian sect, and who prescribed a chemical castration drug commonly given to sex offenders to a gay teenager, has been banned from practicing as a General Practitioner.
Dr Mark Craddock, 75, a member of the Exclusive Brethren sect in Australia, wrote a script for the anti-androgen drug cyproterone acetate, sold under the brand name Cyprostat, at his home in 2008 for a visiting 18 year-old New Zealander who had recently confessed his homosexuality to church leaders.
A senior member of the sect directed the boy to see Dr Craddock to be proscribed medication to deal with his 'problem.'
The now 24 year-old, who's name has been suppressed, complained to Australia's Health Care Complaints Commission after his parents threw him out of home when he indicated he had ceased taking the drug and intended to leave the sect in 2009.
