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Gay News: A GP sacked from a government drugs advisory body for linking homosexuality to paedophilia will sue if he does not receive an apology
Doctor Hans-Christian Raabe
Sacked Christian GP may sue Home Office
14 February 2011
Doctor Hans-Christian Raabe, who takes a hard line on drug use, was fired from the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) when it was revealed that he had co-authored a report which specifically linked homosexuality to paedophilia.
He is now considering suing the Home Office, after discovering a Home Office document which made the same assertion.
He cited the report Sex Offending Against Children: Understanding the Risk which stated: “Bradford et al (1988) suggested reasonably that approximately 20 to 33 per cent of child sexual abuse is homosexual in nature.”
Doctor Raabe pointed out that the Home Office’s statistic was similar to his own published estimation that 25 per cent of child sexual abuse was homosexual.
“This is quite hypocritical and very bizarre indeed,” Doctor Raabe said. “I am being sacked by the Home Office for stating what a Home Office document says.
“I volunteered for unpaid public service and feel as though my personal and professional reputation has been shamefully destroyed by the Government for saying something it says itself,” he went on.
“My appointment has been revoked based on the wrong perception that I could potentially discriminate against gay people, something I have never done either in my private or professional life.
“The real issue is that there was a campaign to get rid of me. I suspect it’s a group of people that are for a more liberal drug policy and perhaps want to legalise drugs.”
In a statement the Home Office said: “Doctor Raabe’s failure to disclose a controversial report which, among other things, links homosexuality to paedophilia, raises concern over his credibility to provide balanced advice
