• Defrocked lesbian minister to fight Methodist Church’s decision

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The Associated Press: A Methodist minister who was defrocked for declaring that she is a lesbian living with her partner is taking her case to a church appeals court.

The Rev. Irene Elizabeth Stroud, of Philadelphia, was ousted Dec. 2 for violating the United Methodist Church's law against "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" in the clergy.

Stroud said one factor in her decision to appeal was something the retired Bishop Joseph Yeakel, the judge who presided at her church trial, said to her after the verdict. Mr. Yeakel told her, "the day will come when the church apologizes for this decision."

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