| | Judicial Council Decisions |
 | | Stroud currently and for approximately three-and-a-half years has been a self-avowed practicing homosexual in a monogamous committed relationship with a specific female partner while in the ordained ministry of The United Methodist Church. |
 | | When Rev. Stroud met with her presiding bishop in March of 2003 and declared that she was “a lesbian living in a committed relationship with a partner,” she made a declaration that, under Decision 920, was sufficient to subject her membership in her ministerial office to review under ¶ 359.1 of the Discipline. |
 | | Thereafter, Rev. Stroud was accorded all fair and due process rights to which she was entitled under the Discipline during the supervisory response, proceedings before the committee on investigation, and at the trial. |
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