A “program” to “help Christian people with homosexual tendencies, who feel uneasy about their identity”. This is the proposal made by Torrents de vie, founded by the Swiss evangelical pastor Werner Loertscher and established in fifteen cities in France. And if the term “conversion therapy” does not appear on the association’s website, a report made with a hidden camera by BFMTV in Ventabren, a village about ten kilometers from Aix-en-Provence, suggests that this is the kind of program that Torrents de vie can offer. In this case, no “electroshock” or other physical violence but “prayers” and “talk groups”. The “seminar” lasts one week.
“Conversion therapies” have been banned in France since January 31, 2022 and Torrents de vie, which was the subject of a report by Miviludes (interministerial mission for vigilance and the fight against sectarian aberrations), defends itself against organize it.