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Methodist Church defrocks lesbian minister in landmark ruling
In Pughtown Pennsylvania the United Methodist Church defrocked Rev Irene Elizabeth Stroud for living with a same sex partner and violating the ban on self avowed practicing homosexuals. A 12 to 1 verdict convicted Stroud and a 7 to 6 ruling imposed defrocking as penalty amid broader church debates on gay clergy.
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Pughtown
United Methodist Church
Irene Elizabeth Stroud
Stroud
Philadelphia
New Hampshire
Rose Mary Denman
Washington State
Karen Dammann
Methodist Supreme Court
United States
Episcopal
Presbyterian Churches
First United Methodist Church
Germantown
Chris Paige
Joseph Yeakel
Washington, D.C