Texas ACNA congregation becomes second to join Episcopal Church
RNS On 8th February, the diocesan council of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas officially welcomed Resurrection South Austin, a church planted by the Anglican Church in North America, which itself was formed when some 700 dissident parishes broke away from the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada in 2009 over disagreements about marriage […]
The Interview: Archbishop Steve Wood on where the Anglican Church in North America has been, and where it’s headed
A week ahead of his investiture, or formal installation, in South Carolina, US, on 30th October, Wood spoke to Religion News Services’ KATHRYN POST…
In scandal’s wake, Anglican Church in North America adopts new rules on reporting misconduct
RNS In 2022, Mark Rivera, a former Anglican lay minister, was convicted of felony child sexual assault three years after a young girl told her mother that he had abused her. Months later, he pled guilty to felony sexual assault, nearly three years after his neighbor reported that Rivera had raped her. From the first, his survivors […]
Anglican Church in North America elects Steve Wood as archbishop
United States RNS On Saturday, 22nd June, the Rt Rev Steve Wood of St Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, was elected the next archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America. The election results came after ACNA’s College of Bishops met in a conclave from 20th to 22nd June in the St Vincent […]
In the US, ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch will face church trial
United States RNS 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 […]
In the US, Anglican denomination erupts into power struggle after Bishop Stewart Ruch’s return
United States RNS 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 […]
Third-party report details ACNA leaders’ inaction on sexual abuse allegations
United States RNS 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 […]
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 […]