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  • [Presbyterian] Minister rebuked for same-sex marriages

    04/22/2003 11:34:48 AM PDT · by Incorrigible · 16 replies · 283+ views
    Newark Star Ledger ^ | 4/22/03 | JOHN NOLAN (AP)
    Minister rebuked for same-sex marriages Tuesday, April 22, 2003 BY JOHN NOLAN Associated Press BLUE ASH, Ohio -- A court of Presbyterian Church (USA) officials convicted a minister yesterday of violating church law by marrying same-sex couples. In the church's first trial on the practice, the court rebuked the Rev. Stephen Van Kuiken but refrained from suspending him or removing him from ministry. It also acquitted Van Kuiken on another charge accusing him of ordaining gays who won't adhere to a Presbyterian requirement of chastity. Van Kuiken, 44, pastor of Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church in nearby Cincinnati, has acknowledged performing...