Hospital review board to decide fate of doctor who criticized gay “lifestyle”

BOSTON–A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center disciplinary board is expected to render a decision soon on whether to reinstate medical privileges of a doctor fired for what the hospital considers anti-gay remarks, but for what the doctor's lawyer says was a medical opinion and an expression of faith. Dr. Paul Church, 65, a Needham urologist and Harvard Medical School faculty member, is an expert in male sexual dysfunction and prostate problems.

BOSTON–A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center disciplinary board is expected to render a decision soon on whether to reinstate medical privileges of a doctor fired for what the hospital considers anti-gay remarks, but for what the doctor's lawyer says was a medical opinion and an expression of faith. Dr. Paul Church, 65, a Needham urologist and Harvard Medical School faculty member, is an expert in male sexual dysfunction and prostate problems.…