NEW YORK -- The United Methodist Church has formally charged another clergyman for presiding at the same-sex wedding of his son. NEW YORK — The United Methodist Church has formally charged another ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Retired United Methodist Bishop Melvin Talbert plans to officiate at a gay wedding today in Birmingham, for two men who are members of a United Methodist church in Hoover. The ...

APPLETON, Wis. — On a morning about 10 years ago, the Rev. Amy DeLong woke up in disbelief that she was still a reverend. The day before, June 23, 2011, she had stood trial at Peace United Methodist ...

PHILADELPHIA – The Methodist church's highest court will decide later this month whether a minister who officiated his gay son's wedding can keep his pastoral credentials. The Rev. Frank Schaefer was ...

BIRMINGHAM – A retired United Methodist bishop who performed a wedding ceremony for two Alabama men after they were refused permission to marry in the church now faces formal complaints over the ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - The United Methodist Church has formally charged another clergyman for presiding at the same-sex wedding of his son. A spokeswoman for the Rev. Thomas Ogletree says he'll be ...

The cause of Frank Schaefer, whose credentials were taken after he officiated at his son’s same-sex wedding, is spreading at high levels in his denomination, with a New Jersey bishop releasing a ...

SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) – A United Methodist minister from southeastern Pennsylvania who was convicted under church law of officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding ceremony was suspended for 30 days ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A complaint against 36 United Methodist ministers who blessed a same-sex wedding in Philadelphia in defiance of church law has been resolved. The clergy will face no discipline, ...

SPRING CITY, Pa. — A United Methodist pastor was convicted Monday of breaking church law by officiating his own son's same-sex wedding and could be defrocked after a high-profile trial that has ...

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A pastor who presided over his son's same-sex wedding ceremony and vowed to perform other gay marriages if asked can return to the pulpit after a United Methodist Church appeals panel on Tuesday ...