HUFFINGTON
07.14.13
STRAIGHT TALK
he said, forcing him to accept
once and for all that conversion
therapy was harmful, especially
for minors. Sitting side by side,
the two men reviewed the darkest
chapter of their work together —
their failure to break away from the
overbearing authority of Mathew’s
father. John said he didn’t collude
with Mathew’s father, but admitted
that he knew of his plans to end the
relationship with Jacob.
“To know that you had known
killed me inside,” Mathew told him.
He’d been waiting months to say
that. He’d first reached out to John
half a year before, and he’d called
him