What is abundantly evident from this thread is that @StewartRuch needs to resign. He can't even plead that he is a sincere guy with good intentions that just got in over his head & didn't know what he was doing. He had abundant opportunities to adopt best practices.
https://twitter.com/ladyjessicahaze/status/1411360068583366663
@StewartRuch & those who love him & respect him may be able to assure themselves that he was just trying to do the best he cld in an awful & complex situation. Nice, sincere people can be arrogant & in love with their own judgment for no good reason. They can even become bishops.
Men who are this unteachable should not be bishops in @The_ACNA , no matter how upstanding & sincere & well-intentioned they & their friends understand these men to be.
In 2021, do we lack awareness of church sex abuse scandals? Do we lack access to means of researching best practices? Is it impossible to learn from the mistakes of others? @StewartRuch, you have bombed this. For the love of God & the victims that you have abandoned, resign.
Tell yourself if you like that your lawyers & the investigative team whose incompetence you were warned about gave you bad advice & that your instincts told you to do more for the victims & listen to them. You didn't listen & it's time to resign.
@StewartRuch , if ever someone was given grace & access to wisdom to do this thing right, it was you. You may be a nice guy, but that's not enough. Your mishandling of sexual abuse allegations demonstrates that you are not competent for your office as bishop.
@StewartRuch - you didn't mean for it to go this way, but it has because of choices you made as bishop. It was preventable. You were warned. You were given good guidance. You refused to listen and made terrible choice after terrible choice. TIME. TO. RESIGN.
@The_ACNA & @ArchbishopFoley - This situation says some very bad things about ACNA's protocols for handling sexual abuse allegations. Also, it says bad things about your standards of competency & wisdom that you expect from bishops. What are you going to do to make it right?
@ArchbishopFoley -I find it hard to believe that you weren't in the loop or consulted about how @StewartRuch was handling this crisis. I hope you are explaining to him & the leaders at @ChurchRez why they need to resign.
@ArchbishopFoley - I hope you are also asking yourself some questions about how this happened under your watch & what sort of standards you need to hold your fellow bishops to when sexual abuse allegations arise in @The_ACNA .
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