A minister ordained over the Internet who has no congregation and no church to preach in is nonetheless empowered under Pennsylvania law to preside over marriage ceremonies, a Bucks County judge has ruled.
The Dec. 31 decision by Judge C. Theodore Fritsch Jr. in In re O’Neill directly conflicts with a September 2007 decision in which a York County judge invalidated a marriage because it was performed by a minister who was ordained via the Internet.
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