but the maltese contestant matthew grech made headlines on the show saying he was ex—gay. vision and mission to raise an army of formerly 93v- he's now a director of the charity core issues trust in northern ireland. welcome to x—out—loud. and running a campaign which promotes the view sexuality can be altered. i felt like something was deeply wrong with me and that i needed help. gareth is a qualified medical doctor in manchester. but growing up in northern ireland, he began counselling with core issues and later other groups over four years. i was about 14—years—old when i first became aware that i was attracted to men and within the community, that i was a part of, it was very difficult for me to talk about that with anyone. i actually opened up to someone at a christian convention. they had known of someone that would be able to offer therapy. what was your mindset going into this type of counselling? ijust knew that i needed to get rid of this part of myself. and, really, iwent in wholeheartedly, 100%. pretty soon after it began, my mental health took a drastic turn f

but the maltese contestant matthew grech made headlines on the show saying he was ex—gay.iew sexuality can be altered. i felt like something was deeply wrong with me and that i needed help. gareth is a qualified medical doctor in manchester. but growing up in northern ireland, he began counselling with core issues and later other groups over four years. i was about 14—years—old when i first became aware that i was attracted to men and within the community, that i was a part of, it was very difficult for me to talk about that with anyone. i actually opened up to someone at a christian convention. they had known of someone that would be able to offer therapy. what was your mindset going into this type of counselling? i just knew that i needed to get rid of this part of myself. and, really, iwent in wholeheartedly, 100%. pretty soon after it began, my mental health took a drastic turn for the worst. there's a huge pressure for you to stick with it and to keep trying to try harder, to delve deeper into the problems that might have caused this. eventually, gareth ended the ther