Northern Ireland minister who said children of gay parents are more likely to be abused steps down

‘A Northern Ireland politician who said same-sex left children more vulnerable to child abuse has resigned to spend more time with his family, he has said.

Jim Wells, a DUP assembly member and health minister in the devolved government, was investigated by police after he made the comments at a hustings.

“You don’t bring a child up in a homosexual relationship. That a child is far more likely to be abused and neglected,” he had said.’

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