NJ Today A judge has ruled that a New Jersey conversion therapy organization
is potentially liable for the costs to repair the damage it inflicted on
four young people by using dangerous and discredited efforts it claimed
can convert people from gay to straight. That ruling is the subject of a
heated trial in Hudson County.
Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr. ruled that Jews Offering New
Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) and its co-defendants may be liable
for three times the amounts the four men paid for subsequent, legitimate
therapy to repair the psychological damage caused by the organization’s
conversion therapy program. JONAH’s program included nude sessions with
counselors and “father-son holding.”
“These self-proclaimed experts inflicted grave damage upon our
clients, who believed JONAH’s claims that it could ‘cure’ them of being
gay,” said David Dinielli, SPLC deputy legal director. “These young men
were left with guilt, shame and frustration. No amount of money can fix
the damage JONAH caused, but recognizing that JONAH can be held
accountable for the cost of repairing that damage is an important step.”[...]
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