Having Pride and Keeping the Faith

Description: In this episode of Room at the Table, Betsy Cerulo talks with Kathy Corbett-Welch, an Episcopal priest, and Ken Kovacs, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). They share their experiences coming out, the challenges they faced, and how it has affected their roles as clergy.

About Ken Kovacs:

Ken Kovacs, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), has been the pastor and head of staff at Catonsville Presbyterian Church since 1999, and previously served congregations in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Mendham, New Jersey. Ken studied at Rutgers University, Yale Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary, received his Doctor of Philosophy in practical theology from the University of St. Andrews, and is currently a psychoanalyst-in-training at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. He is the author of The Relational Theology of James E. Loder: Encounter and Conviction (Peter Lang, 2011), Out of the Depths: Sermons and Essays (Parson’s Porch, 2016), as well as essays and chapters in publications that explore the intersection of psychology and theology. For fourteen years, Ken served on the board of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, which worked for the full inclusion of LGBTQ+ Presbyterians into full and open leadership in the denomination. He has served on the board of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary in Atlanta, GA, and currently serves on the board of the Jung Society of Washington. He enjoys reading history, traveling, and all things Scottish (including haggis). Ken and his husband, Mark Dunham, live in Dickeyville, a historic mill village in Baltimore.

About Kathy Corbett-Welch:

The Reverend Kathy Corbett-Welch has been an Episcopal priest for 23 years. Prior to this she was a Neonatal Nurse, specializing in the care of acutely ill and tiny babies. Born in Boston, her work brought her to Washington, DC as the Chaplain to an Episcopal AIDS ministry. She then became Rector of St Luke’s church in Brookville, MD. She served as a Chaplain at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the MdTAP. She and Ellen, her spouse of 52 years, now live in Fayetteville, AR. They are both happily retired. 

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