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NY Methodist clergyman charged over gay wedding
Source: Associated Press
NY Methodist clergyman charged over gay wedding
AP foreign, Friday January 17 2014
NEW YORK (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 tried March 10 in Connecticut for violating the prohibition against officiating at gay weddings.
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The 80-year-old Ogletree is a theologian, a former Yale Divinity School dean and part of the church's New York Conference. Some clergy complained after his son's wedding announcement appeared in The New York Times.
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AP foreign, Friday January 17 2014
NEW YORK (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 tried March 10 in Connecticut for violating the prohibition against officiating at gay weddings.
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The 80-year-old Ogletree is a theologian, a former Yale Divinity School dean and part of the church's New York Conference. Some clergy complained after his son's wedding announcement appeared in The New York Times.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/11152284
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