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Joseph Doucé

1945 – 1990

French psychologist

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About Joseph Doucé

Lived 1945 – 1990 (aged 45). Joseph Doucé was a Belgian and French psychologist and pastor.

Joseph Doucé (13 April 1945 – ) was born to a rural family in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. He was a psychologist and a (defrocked) Baptist pastor in Paris.

He was openly gay and was among the founders of the International Lesbian and Gay Association. He served as a volunteer soldier in the NATO base at Limoges, France, where he had time to perfect his French. After one year of pastoral and humanistic studies at Stenonius College (also known as Europaseminär, a Roman Catholic seminary today extinct) in Maastricht, the Netherlands, he began his conversion to Protestantism around 1966.

His Centre du Christ Libérateur (CCL) was a ministry to sexual minorities. The centre had support groups for homosexuals, transsexuals, sadomasochists and pedophiles.

Death Doucé was killed and the murder has never been solved. According to Doucé's lover, he was taken away by two men, who showed police badges on 19 July 1990. The body was found in a forest in October 1990.

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Who was Joseph Doucé?

French psychologist (1945–1990)

When was Joseph Doucé born?

Joseph Doucé was born on 13 April 1945 in Sint-Truiden.

When did Joseph Doucé die?

Joseph Doucé died on 19 July 1990 in Bullion.

What was Joseph Doucé's occupation?

Joseph Doucé was a psychologist and pastor.

What nationality was Joseph Doucé?

Joseph Doucé was Belgian and French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Joseph Doucé

· Wikidata: Q2386899

· DBpedia: Joseph Doucé

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