Frank Schaefer
United Methodist pastor Frank Schaefer reinstated on appeal
By Renée K. Gadoua — June 24, 2014
(RNS) The appeals committee ruled that the penalty was beyond those outlined in church law.
United Methodists postpone Thomas Ogletree’s church trial
By Renée K. Gadoua — February 10, 2014
(RNS) Both sides agreed to pursue a “just resolution” before resorting to a trial.
Ranks of defiant United Methodist clergy rise
By Renée K. Gadoua — January 23, 2014
(RNS) Almost daily, evidence mounts of defiant United Methodist clergy breaking church law on behalf of gays and lesbians as the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination struggles with what may be its most vexing rebellion in decades.
United Methodists will try retired Yale dean Thomas Ogletree
By Renée K. Gadoua — January 17, 2014
(RNS) The trial for the Rev. Thomas Ogletree, 80, follows a bruising drama that concluded last month when the denomination defrocked a Pennsylvania pastor who was tried on the same charge.
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