@The_ACNA members-
Most of your fellow parishioners do not know about the mishandling of sexual abuse allegations in @MidwestAnglican by
@StewartRuch under the nat'l leadership of @ArchbishopFoley.
It's your job to make sure they know.
Demand justice for @ladyjessicahaze
Most of your fellow parishioners do not know about the mishandling of sexual abuse allegations in @MidwestAnglican by
@StewartRuch under the nat'l leadership of @ArchbishopFoley.
It's your job to make sure they know.
Demand justice for @ladyjessicahaze
Demand justice for the other victims of Mark Rivera.
Talk to your clergy.
Talk to your bishop.
Organize your church to do the same. Put pressure on the hierarchy.
Ask about
@The_ACNA
procedures for caring for victims of sexual abuse & responding to abuse investigations.
Talk to your clergy.
Talk to your bishop.
Organize your church to do the same. Put pressure on the hierarchy.
Ask about
@The_ACNA
procedures for caring for victims of sexual abuse & responding to abuse investigations.
Most institutional corruption isn't about wicked people actively seeking to do evil.
It's about nice people who were overconfident in their judgment, made foolish choices, & covered for each other b/c they all knew they meant well.
Don't let them evade accountability.
It's about nice people who were overconfident in their judgment, made foolish choices, & covered for each other b/c they all knew they meant well.
Don't let them evade accountability.
The people that messed this up are not cartoon villains. They are lovely people who love Jesus. You would like them. I would like them.
That's not enough.
Injustice is perpetuated when we are sentimental about people's good intentions.
That's not enough.
Injustice is perpetuated when we are sentimental about people's good intentions.
Bishops don't get a "but I meant well" pass. If you can't DO well in handling sexual abuse allegations in 2021, you are not ready to be bishop.
We have resources. We have the ability to learn from past failures. These situations are difficult, but they aren't THAT difficult.
We have resources. We have the ability to learn from past failures. These situations are difficult, but they aren't THAT difficult.
@StewartRuch was offered ample guidance & feedback by @ladyjessicahaze & her team. She has documentation. He ignored her.
He was probably surrounded by well-intentioned people who love him & knew that he was under a lot of stress & meant well.
It's not enough. He's a bishop.
He was probably surrounded by well-intentioned people who love him & knew that he was under a lot of stress & meant well.
It's not enough. He's a bishop.
Bishops get to become bishops because other bishops & leaders recognize their fitness. They identify with them. They like them. They understand the pressure they are under & empathize when one of their own takes it off the rails. "There but for the grace of God go I," etc.
No one likes to hold someone that they like- who they know is not malicious- who they know meant well, with whom they relate to & identify & empathize accountable.
That's how institutions stay weak & vulnerable so that truly wicked predators can have a nice playground.
That's how institutions stay weak & vulnerable so that truly wicked predators can have a nice playground.
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