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25 February 2013 | By Tris Reid-Smith
Veteran British activist Peter Tatchell has told GSN he may expose ‘half a dozen’ leading clergy and politicians who are secretly gay but oppose LGBT equality.
He made the comments as he said allegations against Cardinal Keith O’Brien indicate he may have been a hypocrite. O’Brien, Britain’s most senior Catholic, quit today after claims emerged he engaged in ‘inappropriate acts’ and a ‘relationship’ with his own celibate priests.
Long-term LGBT and human rights activist Tatchell was part of campaigns in the early 1990s which threatened to ‘out’ 200 clergy, politicians and other public figures who opposed LGBT equality but were secretly gay or bi themselves.
Tatchell told GSN he knew of ‘half a dozen’ clergy and politicians who are speaking against gay and lesbian marriage equality despite their hidden sexuality.
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