Christian Nurse Cleared in Pronoun Dispute Calls Ordeal “Devastating”

July 13, 2026

A Christian nurse in Britain is speaking out after regulators cleared her in a case involving a pronoun dispute with a convicted male pedophile patient who identified as female, following earlier claims that she could pose a risk to the public.

Christianity Daily reports that registered nurse Jennifer Melle was cleared after regulators from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) concluded that she no case to answer.

The finding followed an earlier January decision by the National Health Service Trust to abandon its disciplinary proceedings against her over media interviews.

Melle, who works as a registered nurse at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, had been investigated by the NMC over an incident that took place during a night shift in May 2024.

According to Christianity Daily, the dispute arose during a clinical conversation with a doctor about discharging a convicted male pedophile who identified as female.

Melle said the patient became upset after she declined to use his self-declared pronouns, even though she offered to refer to him by name, and later threatened her with violence and racially abused her.

After speaking publicly about her case, Melle was also subjected to a second investigation with the NMC opening another case over an alleged breach of confidentiality.

Melle expressed relief following the decision to clear her of misconduct, saying she was grateful that the NMC found no case against her and insisting the investigation should not have been launched in the first place.

 Melle described the ordeal as “devastating,” and said she had been portrayed as a public risk because of her religious convictions and argued that nurses should not be forced to choose “between their conscience, the truth, and their profession.”

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