US EditionAnglican Archbishop Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations
- Archbishop Stephen Wood, the senior-most official of the Anglican Church in North America, has been accused of sexual misconduct, an unprecedented allegation for the ACNA.
- A former children's ministry director alleges Wood tried to kiss her in his office, while a complaint was filed Monday by four presbyters and seven lay members.
- Local leaders and parishioners reacted with shock and pain, as Mike Hughes, senior warden, called it "a painful process" and Claire Buxton, parishioner, said she was "in shock".
- If the presentment advances to trial, Wood could be defrocked and forced to step down while Bishop Stewart Ruch III faces an ecclesiastical trial with testimony ended earlier this month and a verdict expected later this year.
- Former insiders and critics say Andrew Gross, former ACNA communications director, warns problems at the highest levels run deeper than parishioners realize, threatening the denomination's future trajectory.
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American Anglican archbishop, Mount Pleasant rector responds to misconduct claims
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Religion News Service reports that the anti-LGBTQ, hyper conservative Anglican Church of North America is being hounded by new controversy connected to a troublemaking leader."Archbishop Steve Wood, who heads the Anglican Church of North America, faces allegations of sexual harassment, bullying and plagiarism, according to an explosive report released by The Washington Post on Thursday (Oct. 23)."“I was in shock,” said former children’s ministry…
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