The Most Reverend Metropolitan Neophytos (Masouras) of Morfou of the Church of Cyprus Photo: Screenshot

The Most Reverend Metropolitan Neophytos (Masouras) of Morfou of the Church of Cyprus Photo: Screenshot

Bishop Neophytos of Morphou, best known for his ridiculous claims about LGBTQ people, is back with a whopper. The Greek Orthodox priest was last seen on LGBTQ Nation after he claimed that if a pregnant woman has anal sex, the baby will be gay.

The group Accept – LGBTI Cyprus has released video taken at the same speech of Neophytos claiming that holy men are able to tell if a man is gay by smelling him. To illustrate his nonsense, he told a story about “a very handsome young man” and a “holy monk.”

“As he walked by… the monk said to him: ‘Young man I need to tell you. Stop what you’re doing’,” Neophytos said. “‘What am I?’ replied the young man.”

“‘This sleeping around. You’ll catch something, a disease, and die young. You should repent. There is joy in repenting’,” Neophytos narrated.

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“‘How do you know what I’ve been doing?’ replied the young man.”

“‘God showed me,’ said the monk. ‘As you walked by me, you had a nasty smell. These acts you’re doing, laying with men have a specific stink which I recognize,” Neoyphytus taught in the monk’s voice. “‘This is how holy men receive information from God’.”

He went on to tell his flock that the young man was “helped by his family’s prayers and stopped his acts.”

“This young man now smells wonderful.”

After international mockery, the bishop defended his comments about pregnant women by simply saying, “I expressed the position of the Church and the position of the saints.”