Interfaith declaration seeks forgiveness for harm caused to LGBT people youtube/jayne ozanne The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, in a video to promote the declaration “Declaring the Sanctity of Life and the Dignity of All” The Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Paul Bayes, in a video to promote the declaration “Declaring the Sanctity of Life and the Dignity of All” MORE than 370 religious leaders around the world have signed a new declaration that seeks forgiveness for religious teachings that have harmed LGBT people, calls for an end to the criminalisation of people on the grounds of sexual orientation, and urges a ban on so-called “conversion therapy”.