Rev. Thomas Ogletree
Spared a church trial in one region, Methodists may find censure in another
By Renée K. Gadoua — March 10, 2014
(RNS) The resolution of the Rev. Thomas Ogletree’s case highlights an emerging dynamic that allows some pastors to skirt rules banning clergy from performing same-sex wedding, while others risk costly church trials and the loss of clergy credentials.
Ranks of defiant United Methodist clergy rise
By Renée K. Gadoua — January 23, 2014
(RNS) Almost daily, evidence mounts of defiant United Methodist clergy breaking church law on behalf of gays and lesbians as the nation’s second-largest Protestant denomination struggles with what may be its most vexing rebellion in decades.
United Methodists will try retired Yale dean Thomas Ogletree
By Renée K. Gadoua — January 17, 2014
(RNS) The trial for the Rev. Thomas Ogletree, 80, follows a bruising drama that concluded last month when the denomination defrocked a Pennsylvania pastor who was tried on the same charge.
Methodist court to consider growing opposition to gay ban
By Renée K. Gadoua — October 22, 2013
(RNS) As the United Methodist Church’s highest court gathers for its semiannual meeting in Baltimore on Wednesday, it will confront a growing movement of defiant clergy members opposed to church doctrine on gays and unwilling to back down.
NY state pastor among Methodists defying church law
By Renée K. Gadoua — September 18, 2013
(RNS) At least three other clergy face church complaints for presiding at same-sex marriages, and at least one pastor faces a complaint of being a practicing lesbian. All could potentially lose their clergy credentials.
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