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A senior lecturer at one of London’s biggest colleges has been suspended after comparing gay teachers to the Ku Klux Klan and claiming they are obsessed with converting pupils to “gayism”.

Dr Mark Walcott, the head of dance and drama at Newham College and a part-time psychotherapist, made the extraordinary comments during a 50-minute staff-room rant which was secretly recorded.

He told stunned colleagues: "Boys are becoming gay not because they have got a gay gene but because they have gay teachers. The homosexual stimuli is out there moulding and grooming our children."

His remarks were made last year but have now been posted online earlier after appalled staff claimed their concerns were "swept under the carpet" when the college’s eight-month investigation resulted in no action being taken.

However after the recording was listened to more than 2,000 times on YouTube, the board of governors yesterday held an emergency meeting, with 52-year-old father-of-five Dr Walcott suspended from his role as a consultant at the college.

The governors are said to be concerned about the quality of the initial investigation, and are believed to have chosen an external "legal heavyweight" to chair a new inquiry.

In the recording, Dr Walcott admitted being prejudiced and said the gay community was like the "Ku Klux Klan, the Freemasons and the Nazis" who all wanted to boost their "memberships" by "indoctrinating people".

He said: "I have prejudices about people who are homosexual and are grooming my children and other people’s children into homosexuality when they didn’t actually choose it.

"Gay people’s objectives is not just to have lots of gay sex, but also to increase the gay community. Gayism or any sexual preference is subliminally taught and auto-suggestive."

Listen below: WARNING offensive material

In the rant he also:

Defended the Ku Klux Klan’s right to "fight for their culture" and said he would "kill" if people in his native Jamaica started to "look Chinese" after breeding with immigrants.

Said he loathed Elton John for his "over-burdensome gayism" and objected to schools and colleges being run by gay people.

Said one patient had asked to sleep with him to heal their homosexuality.

His estranged wife Michelle, who split from him four years ago, today described his views as "madness".

She told the Standard: "He always wanted fame and his name in the papers. He’s got it now.

"I don’t know where it comes from. He never used to be like that. It’s just madness. His big mouth is bringing down Newham College."

The rant was recorded in the school staff room on his phone by James Yates, a former music technology lecturer at the college who later resigned.

He claimed it was "covered up".

"The reason I loved Newham is because it’s a multicultural institution with many people from all walks of life, and what he was saying was so contradictory to that," he said.

"I didn’t think someone in the educational establishment would be able to have those views.

"This happened and I feel that it was covered up, and I don’t feel that is right."

Dr Walcott describes himself as a "polymath" and director and head consultant for Mind and Body Clinic London, as well as CEO of MADA Music and Dance Academy London. He did not respond to requests for comment today.

Newham is one of London’s largest further education colleges with more than 20,000 full and part-time students.

It says its aim is to create "an environment that supports all our students to study no matter what their age, nationality, colour, creed, faith, disability, marital status or circumstances", and is the only FE college in gay rights group Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index of the top 100 employers.

In a statement, it said: "The college is aware that a recording has been posted on social media websites expressing views that do not reflect the values of Newham College. The college has instigated a full investigation, to be externally chaired.

"The individual named has been suspended, pending that investigation. Newham College does not support any discrimination against, or unfair treatment of, staff or learners in any context."

Dr Walcott did not respond to requests for a comment.