ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch found not guilty on all counts after tumultuous church trial

After secret church trial, Illinois N. American Anglican bishop acquitted

Bishop Stewart Ruch III in the Anglican Church in North America was acquitted in an ecclesiastical trial.

ACNA Bishop Stewart Ruch found not guilty on all counts after tumultuous church trial

(RNS) — The decision comes more than six years after a 9-year-old child first came forward with sexual abuse allegations against a lay minister in the Upper Midwest Diocese, which is led by Ruch.

Anglican Church bishop found not guilty of mishandling sex abuse cases

An Anglican Church in North America bishop has been found not guilty by an ecclesiastical court of mishandling abuse cases in his diocese. #ACNA #Anglicans #bishop #Ruch #abuse #AnglicanChurch #court

Bishop Ruch Declared Not Guilty

By: Kara Grace Hess, Senior Associate Editor  Members of the Anglican Church of North America’s (ACNA) Court for the Trial of a Bishop declared Stewart Ruch III, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest and rector at Church of The Resurrection (Rez) in Wheaton, IL., not guilty of “habitual neglect of the duties of the bishop’s office” and of “conduct giving just cause for scandal or offense.”  This decision comes more than two years a…

Bishop Stewart Ruch found not guilty on all counts after tumultuous church trial

Bishop Stewart Ruch, an Anglican bishop accused of mishandling abuse allegations and failing to safeguard parishioners in his care, was found not guilty on all counts after a tumultuous trial that spanned more than four months, a church court announced Tuesday, Dec. 16. The decision comes more than six years after a 9-year-old child in the Upper Midwest Diocese, which is led by Ruch, first came forward with sexual abuse allegations against a lay…