Gay man subjected to ‘exorcism’ at Sheffield church receives compensation

Matthew Drapper at C of E's St Thomas Philadelphia was told that sexual impurity' had let demons enter his body

A gay man has been paid compensation from a Church of England parish after he was subjected to an exorcism" to purge him of his homosexuality, it has been reported.

Matthew Drapper, 37, was a volunteer at St Thomas Philadelphia, a joint Anglican-Baptist congregation in Sheffield, in 2014 when he was invited to an encounter God weekend" at the contemporary, welcoming church", the Times reported.