UMC Pastor Performing Son's Gay Wedding Was 'Injurious to the Church,' Says Good News Leader

A conservative United Methodist pastor with a traditional view of marriage says that a clergyman set to be on trial for officiating his son's gay wedding acted in a way that is "injurious to the church."

Rev. Thomas Lambrecht, vice president and general manager of the Methodist group Good News, shared his feelings in an interview earlier this week with the New York Times.

"Reverend [Thomas W.] Ogletree is acting in a way that is injurious to the church, because it fosters confusion in the church about what we stand for," said Lambrecht. "And it undermines the whole covenant of accountability that we share with each other as pastors."

Lambrecht's remarks come in response to his decision to help push forth a canonical trial for Rev. Ogletree, a 79-year-old Methodist pastor, who presently serves as dean of Yale Divinity School. Read more