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The actor and musician Luke Evans has opened up about his difficult experiences growing up gay while being raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, revealing he believed his sexuality was a “death sentence,” reports Attitude.
The 45-year-old Hollywood star shared details of his upbringing during an interview with The Guardian, ahead of the publication of his upcoming memoir, Boy from the Valleys: An Unexpected Journey.
In the interview, Evans spoke about his devoutly religious parents and the belief held among Jehovah’s Witnesses that homosexuality is wrong.
Evans said that the congregation he was a part of would “read scriptures saying terrible things about the way I was feeling and who I was possibly turning into.”
“All that was in my head was: if I don’t sort this out, I’m going to lose my mom and dad. I’m going to lose everything I’ve ever known and I’m also going to die at Armageddon, so I’m giving myself a death sentence unless I sort his out,” he said.
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