Vatican removes reference to ‘psychiatric help’ for gay kids

The Vatican scrubbed from the official transcript of a Pope Francis news conference a comment that young gay children might seek psychiatric help.

Francis was asked Sunday what he would tell a father whose child came out as gay. Francis said he would counsel prayer, dialogue and space, depending on the child’s age when the “turmoil” manifested. “Because it means something if it shows when you are still a child, when there are a lot of things to be done, either with psychiatric help or to see how things are. While it is something else when it shows 20 years later.”