A United Methodist Church pastor was reinstated 20 years after being defrocked when she told her Philadelphia congregation she was in a same-sex relationship.

Twenty years ago, Beth Stroud was defrocked as a United Methodist Church pastor after telling her Philadelphia congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. On Tuesday night ...

Twenty years after being defrocked for telling her congregation that she was in a same-sex relationship, Beth Stroud has been readmitted as a full member and pastor in the UMC.