"Defrocked Methodist Pastor Reinstated After 19 Years"
Beth Stroud, defrocked in 2004 for being in a same-sex relationship, has been reinstated as a pastor in the United Methodist Church following the denomination's recent repeal of anti-LGBTQ bans. Stroud, who has been teaching at Princeton University and will soon join the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, expressed mixed emotions about her past and future in ministry.