(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 ...
When Cherin Marie joined Christ Our Light Anglican Church in 2013, she couldn’t imagine filing a lawsuit against the close-knit Anglican church plant in Big Rock, Illinois, where many of her relatives attended.
A former lay pastor in a conservative Anglican denomination was charged Dec. 29 with two felony counts of criminal sexual assault in the Kane County, Illinois, circuit court. The charges come a year after Joanna ...
A lay leader of a second Chicago-area church in a conservative Anglican diocese has been accused of sexual abuse, according to a statement from church leaders.
The mother says leaders in the Anglican Church in North America pressured her not to report her daughter’s abuse allegations.
In May 2019, Cherin’s 9-year-old daughter told her that she had been abused by Rivera. She reported the alleged abuse to York, believing that her great uncle and the others in church leadership would protect ...
Anglican Diocese Now Seeks Long Delayed Transparency, Accountability for Arrested Lay Leader