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After Ruch's acquittal, ACNA grapples with trial implications and looks to reform
Last month, after years of waiting and a tumultuous church trial, Anglican Bishop Stewart Ruch was acquitted by a church court, which said the prosecution provided no clear and convincing evidence that he violated any ...
At its June meeting in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the Anglican Church in North America’s governing bodies added two sections to church bylaws about safeguarding and reporting misconduct.
Christian ministries targeted in India, Saddleback Church, ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch, Investigation at Menlo Park Church, and car donations
On This Date at MinistryWatch: Christian ministries targeted in India, Saddleback Church, ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch, Investigation at Menlo Park Church, and car donations
While churches have made progress in recent years toward addressing abuse, including contacting law enforcement when learning about allegations of sexual abuse, they can still be reluctant to inform people in the pews about abuse ...
A 10-person board of inquiry found there was probable cause to present Ruch for trial for violating denominational bylaws.
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 Aug. 15.
The struggle broke into the open last week when ACNA’s archbishop accused his denomination’s highest court of attempting to stop an investigation into charges against Ruch.
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.
Mark Rivera, a former lay pastor at the center of several sexual abuse allegations in a conservative Anglican denomination, pled guilty to one count of felony criminal sexual assault on Wednesday, April 12.
Mark Rivera, a former lay pastor in a conservative Anglican denomination who was convicted in December of felony child sexual abuse and assault, was sentenced on Monday afternoon (March 6) to 15 years in the ...
A controversial and popular bishop in the Anglican Church of North America has decided to return from a voluntary leave of absence by the end of October, despite an ongoing investigation into spiritual abuse allegations.
(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 ...
