In the US, ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch will face church trial
United StatesRNS Bishop Stewart Ruch, a controversial figure in the Anglican Church in North America, will be brought to a church court trial, according to an announcement published to the denomination’s website on Tuesday afternoon. On 10th July, a 10-person board of inquiry selected by the denomination’s leader, Archbishop Foley Beach, received a presentment (or list of […]
In the US, Anglican denomination erupts into power struggle after Bishop Stewart Ruch’s return
United StatesRNS Archbishop Foley Beach, the primate of the Anglican Church in North America, accused his denomination’s highest court of attempting to stop an investigation into an Illinois bishop’s alleged misconduct. According to a statement Beach issued on Wednesday, Bishop Stewart Ruch of the Upper Midwest Diocese made a “secret appeal” earlier this year to ACNA’s seven-member […]
Third-party report details ACNA leaders’ inaction on sexual abuse allegations
United StatesRNS A long-awaited third-party report on sexual abuse reveals that leaders in an Anglican Church in North America diocese failed to act on tips about sexual misconduct and abuse and defended an alleged abuser as innocent while questioning reported survivors’ credibility. The probe into events in the Upper Midwest Diocese, conducted by the investigative […]
ACNA moves forward with investigation amid concerns from survivors and advocates
RNS As investigations into sexual abuse and abuse of church power get underway in the Anglican Church in North America’s Upper Midwest Diocese, at least five individuals who say they experienced sexual or spiritual abuse in the diocese say they will not participate in one or both of the investigations due to concerns about transparency. […]
In the US, three members of ACNA response team resign from overseeing abuse investigation
RNS Three members of the group overseeing the investigation into sexual abuse allegations in the Anglican Church in North America’s Upper Midwest Diocese resigned on Monday, saying that the team “downplayed or ignored” abuse survivors’ needs. The move comes days after the group, called the Provincial Response Team, named a firm to investigate how diocesan leadership handled […]
In the US, hundreds sign petition asking ACNA for “survivor-centric” abuse investigation
RNS More than 350 people have signed a petition calling the Anglican Church in North America to honour abuse survivors’ wishes regarding an investigation into the handling of abuse allegations. The petition, published on Thursday by the abuse prevention advocacy group #ACNAtoo, asks that ACNA hire an investigative firm that will “search for and publish […]
ESSAY: AS EPISCOPALIANS MEET IN THE US, DEBATE LOOMS ABOUT THEIR PLACE IN THE ANGLICAN WORLD
US religion commentator JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at issues facing the Episcopal Church in the US as its annual convention gets underway…