Damien Christie (left) & David Lograsso (right).  Damien
Christie (left) and David Lograsso. Photo: Craig Sillitoe  Right
to the end, Damien Christie feared that the God he worshipped
did not love him back.  Rejected by his Pentecostal church for
his sexuality, he underwent gay ''conversion'' therapy at a
Christian ministry in Melbourne. If the program's aim was to
''pray away the gay'', it failed. He remained a homosexual man
with a strong faith, and found a new church that embraced him.
Yet the turmoil of trying to reconcile the warring parts of his
identity left an indelible mark.  On March 27, Damien (below)
took his own life. Nobody can know with certainty what triggered
the decision, but those close to the 43-year-old personal carer
believe ''reparative'' therapy at Mosaic Ministries in
Melbourne's south-east scarred him deeply.  ''It troubled him
right to the end,'' said friend and counsellor Matt Glover, a
former Baptist pastor sacked from his Lilydale church in 2011
for publicly supporting same-sex