Christian Doctor Could Lose Job for Praying with Patient

Christian Doctor Could Lose Job for Praying with Patient



A Christian doctor in the United Kingdom who often prayed with his patients is under investigation and could lose his job for the spiritual practice. 


Richard Scott, a 58-year-old general practitioner, often prays with patients who suffer from depression, anxiety or addition, The Sunday Times reported


But the General Medical Council (GMC), an organization that oversees and licenses doctors, is now investigating Scott based on a complaint from a patient who reportedly felt uncomfortable and vulnerable by his praying. NHS England, which leads the National Health Service system, also is investigating him.


“They are kowtowing to aggressive secularism,” he told the newspaper. “Public safety is what they are there for [but] they are suddenly turned it into a big case.” 


Scott serves at Bethesda Medical Centre in the town of Margate, about 80 miles east of London.


The U.K.-based National Secular Society (NSS) had told the General Medical Council in May that a “highly vulnerable” patient felt “discomfort at the use of prayer,” The Telegraph newspaper reported. The NSS complaint said Scott was warned previously about “expressing his religious beliefs in a way that distressed a ‘psychologically troubled’ patient.”


Scott maintains that his actions benefit patients. 


“The NSS is obviously gunning for me – and would like me to lose my job because…

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‘I’ve got no doubt that God exists’, Raheem Sterling opens up on Christian faith

Manchester City attacker Raheem Sterling has been telling GQ magazine about the influence it has on his life.

 

Speaking to former political spin doctor turned writer Alistair Campbell, he said: “[My faith is] massive to me. I always give thanks for my life, always give thanks for my family’s life and I’m just really grateful for the position I’m in.

Sterling, 24, says he was brought up in the church and his mum taught him about faith from an early age.

When he moved from home he says his faith deepened and now has “no doubts” that God exists.

“I know for sure,” he said. “Every day you wake up, you just look around and you don’t need to look any further than what you see.

“A lot of scientists, the cleverest people in the world tell you that there has to be a creator. And they need answers, but you just have to sometimes accept that it’s bigger than you and you have to leave it at that.”

 

Sterling also opened up about the racism he’s been on the end of and how he deals with critics.

The full interview is featured in the August issue of GQ.

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