Pa. Pastor Defrocked for Performing Gay Wedding
It was his own son's
United Methodist church officials defrocked a pastor from central Pennsylvania on Thursday who violated religious doctrine by officiating his son's gay wedding and then, after being suspended, defiantly refused to resign.
The Rev. Frank Schaefer met briefly with the Board of Ordained Ministry at church offices in suburban Philadelphia. Schaefer apparently made good on an earlier vow that he wouldn't voluntarily surrender his credentials as ordered by a religious jury.
Officials had no choice but to terminate his ministerial office, church spokesman John Coleman said afterward.
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