PITTSBURGH — A Presbyterian minister from Pittsburgh still faces two charges that she conducted a prohibited gay wedding ceremony. But the Rev. Janet Edwards will not face charges for performing the ceremony improperly when her church trial resumes in October.

Church officials have dropped charges alleging Edwards committed errors when she omitted Bible readings and references to Christian traditions in the ceremony. Edwards made the changes because one of the lesbians she married in 2005 is Buddhist.

But church officials agreed with Edwards' attorneys that she could not be charged simultaneously with performing a prohibited service and performing it improperly.

The Presbyterian church allows clergy to bless gay couples, if the ceremony doesn't resemble a wedding. Edwards believes the rules about not resembling a marriage ceremony are advisory but not binding.