Beth Stround Trial Updates
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12-01-2004 PM Beth Stroud Case
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RECONCILING KANSAS: ANOTHER TRIAL EXPOSES UNITED METHODIST AMBIVALENCE
December 1:
Judge
deals blow to defense as trial of lesbian minister begins
Kansas
City Star (subscription) - Kansas City,MO,USA
- The presiding judge in the church trial of a
Methodist minister who
... The decision by Joseph Yeakel,
the retired bishop of
Washington, DC, will make it harder ...
The
presiding judge in the church trial of a Methodist minister who declared she
is a lesbian in a committed relationship ruled Wednesday that the cleric's
defense could not call witnesses who would challenge the denomination's ban
on sexually active gay clergy.
The following AP article is being carried by many sources throughout US and
UK:
December 1:
Gay
Methodist Pastor Defends Her Calling
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&u=/ap/methodists_gays&printer=1
By RICHARD N. OSTLING, AP Religion Writer
Slideshow: Lesbian Minister Faces Pa. Church Trial
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?p=news&g=events/ts/120104lesbianminist&e=1&tmpl=sl&nosum=0&large=0&t=1101928114
The Rev. Thomas Hall of Exton, Pa., prosecutor in the case, told the court
Stroud's pastoral abilities and personal qualities have never been in
dispute. Nor, he said, is there any disagreement about the fact that she's a
lesbian.
Bishop Peter Weaver, formerly of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, then
testified that a celibate lesbian can remain in the ministry but someone in
a relationship would be violating Methodist law.
Under questioning by Hall, Stroud spoke of her relationship with partner
Chris Paige, who listened nearby. "One aspect of our relationship is that we
express our love for each other sexually and with our bodies," Stroud said.
Stroud's defense attorney, the Rev. J. Dennis Williams of Cornwall, Pa.,
asked why Stroud insisted on a career with the Methodists. "I felt I was
called to go home. This is the church I grew up in," she said.
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New Press Releases:
From: "umcornet" <umcornet@y...>
Date: Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:12 pm
Subject: The Congregation: New Documentary Debuts on PBS, Dec. 29
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UMCalledOut/message/2728
THE CONGREGATION, a cinema verite documentary by Alan and Susan
Raymond, profiles a progressive United Methodist church in the midst
of profound change as it struggles with the arrival of a new minister
and must reinvent itself under new leadership.
Producers Alan and Susan Raymond spent over one year filming the
tumultuous life of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown
(FUMCOG). Located in a changing Philadelphia neighborhood, it is a
racially mixed urban church with a commitment to a ministry of social
justice.
Conflict arises upon the arrival of the Reverend Fred Day, a newly
appointed traditionalist minister who replaces a progressive pastor
who retired after 37 years of service. <SNIP>
Another ordeal emerges when their associate pastor the Reverend Beth
Stroud announces to the congregation that she is a self-avowed
practicing homosexual. <SNIP>
More at:
http://thecongregationmovie.com/
Premieres Wed. Dec 29, 9:30-11:30pm on PBS
PBS TV Schedules
http://www.pbs.org/tvschedules/
NEWS FROM:
Beth Stroud WebSite Trial Updates
Check this site for information this week.
http://www.bethstroud.info/casenews.php
Trial Updates & Case News
UMNS:
The Rev. Beth Stroud Trial Coverage
Check this site for information this week.
http://master.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=2&mid=6113
UMNS:
Update -- 10 a.m., EST, Dec. 1, 2004
The
Rev. Irene Elizabeth “Beth” Stroud of Philadelphia is undergoing a United
Methodist clergy trial to respond to a charge that she has violated church
law by being a “self-avowed practicing homosexual.” UMNS is providing
ongoing coverage of the trial
UMNS# 04563-Stroud expects to lose ministerial credentials
(this article will be
posted at the
www.umc.org link above, but has been posted on-line first at Worldwide
Faith News and it is already posted at CorNet as well:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UMCalledOut/message/2735)
Worldwide
Faith News (press release) - USA
... The
bishop ruled that
... Fred Day, pastor of First
United Methodist Church in
Germantown, expressed the congregation's support of Stroud and noted that
the United ...
The Rev. Beth Stroud, 34, said she expects to lose the credentials that have
given her the full rights and privileges of an ordained minister in the
United Methodist Church. She spoke during a Dec. 1 press briefing on the
opening day of her clergy trial, being held by the denomination's Eastern
Pennsylvania Annual (regional) Conference at Camp Innabah.
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