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Defrocked in 2004 for Same-Sex Relationship, a Faithful Methodist Is Reinstated as Pastor
US News & World Report· 4 days agoTwenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. In a closed meeting ...
Retired judge finds no reliable evidence against Quebec cardinal; purported victim declines to talk
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFrancis had tasked André Denis, a retired judge of the Superior Court of Québec, to conduct a...
A Methodist pastor was defrocked 20 years ago for being gay. She's finally been reinstated
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoShe was found guilty of violating “Christian teaching” in a church trial and stripped of her...
Rebecca Yerger, Memory Lane: The onset of World War I in the Napa Valley
Napa Valley Register· 3 hours agoOver a century ago, Napa County communities observed Memorial Day 1917 with fittingly solemn and...
Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoTwenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her...
Adult day services provide stimulation for older Americans, and respite for full-time caregivers
San Francisco Chronicle· 17 hours agoSally White helps her husband of 46 years get dressed, fed and on the bus for the short ride from...
Bishop Malone's confirmation appearances rekindle controversy over his role in protecting abusive...
The Buffalo News· 5 days agoIt’s been more than four years since Bishop Richard J. Malone resigned as leader of the Buffalo...
Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
Associated Press· 4 days agoTwenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her...
Lesbian United Methodist pastor, defrocked in 2004, readmitted to clergy ranks in Pennsylvania
The Washington Times· 2 days agoThe Rev. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud was expelled from the ministry in 2004 in a move consistent with the denomination’s then-policy barring active homosexuals from the clergy< ...
Ohio GOP lawmaker defends bill charging teachers with felonies for ‘pandering obscenity’
News Channel 5 Cleveland· 2 days agoAn Ohio Republican lawmaker is defending his controversial bill that would charge teachers and school district librarians with felonies for "pandering" so-called "obscene" material. Bridget ...