In this photo provided by the United Methodists of Eastern Pennsylvania, Rev. Dr. Beth Stroud, right, holds hands with Bishop John Schol after offering a prayer of blessing at the Wildwoods Convention Center, Wildwood, N.J., on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, as he prepares to retire in August. Twenty years ago, Stroud was defrocked as a pastor after telling her congregation that she was in a committed same-sex relationship. On Tuesday night, less than three weeks after the UMC repealed its anti-LGBTQ bans, she was reinstated. (Shari DeAngelo/United Methodists of Eastern Pennsylvania via AP)
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