Omitted: Bp. Stewart Ruch & @MidwestAnglican Chancellor Charlie Philbrick attempted to bring @The_ACNA Tribunal into the disciplinary process FAR in advance of where the canons place their authority.
Q#7 does not appear to be problematic to me. It quotes directly from Canon IV.5.7.
However, I am curious why answers to preceding questions involving the canons were erroneous, but this one was so tightly cited. Just an observation.
Q#8: CATEGORICALLY FALSE!
Bp. Stewart Ruch and other @MidwestAnglican leaders KNOW that one individual sent the presentment document to UMD clergy; another sent to members of @ChurchRez. A third individual sent to members in other parts of the diocese.
This is important. Why?
Saying "an attendee" drafted the presentment gives the reader the impression that the charges were the machinations of a lone wolf in poor Bp. Ruch's @MidwestAnglican diocese. (What a convenient narrative.)
It ALSO puts a target on that supposed individual. Calculatingly cruel.
Back soon for Part III...
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Q#14 I think they meant to say "certain clergy members' [plural] pastoral practice." Grammar renders it unclear.
How many leaders were investigated?
Regarding @TeliosLaw, here is a sample final letter. It says essentially nothing.
Other letters completely missed major details of allegations against Bp. Ruch & other leaders. When interviewed, Ruch dismissed many allegations as "theological differences." Survivors cry foul.
Q#9: The answer to "Is there another Presentment?" omits a necessary fact. Can you spot it? (answer next)
It fails to mention that the Provincial Investigative Team-UMD, tasked with evaluating all investigation findings, RECOMMENDED that a presentment be considered against Bp. Ruch. (see explanation by Abp. Beach, in 6.7.23 letter below, pertinent portion in bold)
Is it possible that @MidwestAnglican Bp. Stewart Ruch is blocking the report's re-release? If so, how? 🧵
After review of investigation reports, the Provincial Investigative Team may have voted to recommend presentment charges against @MidwestAnglican Bp. Stewart Ruch.
Three bishops may have brought those charges forward.
But...
... what if Bp. Ruch filed a complaint pursuant to @The_ACNA's Constitution & Canons, Title IV Canon 4 Section 2, which says that if he believes "there are in circulation rumors, reports, or allegations affecting his personal or official character" he may demand an investigation.
God hears the cries of the little girl whose abuser stole her childhood, her security, and her joy.
"Justice" after 51 court hearings: the minimum sentence for each count & those 3 grueling years (in which he is alleged to have committed rape) given credit as time served.🧵
God hears the cries of the girl's mother after yet another day of being forced to sit silently, white-knuckle-gripping her husband's hand as the abuser's defense lawyer sought to downplay his influence & the family's trust, and lied about the defendant's lack of criminal past.
God hears her cries when our criminal justice system cannot care enough to bring in the voices of expert witnesses to testify to the prevalence of child sexual abuse committed in the presence of other adults.