Church Panel Reinstates Methodist Pastor Defrocked For Officiating Gay Son’s Wed

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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/06/24/3452544/church-panel-overturns-decision-to-defrock-methodist-pastor-who-officiated-his-gay-sons-wedding/ 🔗
Author: Jack Jenkins, Source: Think Progress

A panel of the United Methodist Church (UMC) has overturned a decision to defrock Rev. Frank Schaefer, a pastor who was stripped of his ministerial credentials last year after he officiated the marriage of his gay son.

The new ruling fully reinstates Schaefer, complete with back-pay and benefits.

Update: [. . .] Schaefer's "refrocking" is an attempt to correct two "errors of Church law": [. . .]

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