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Audrey Luhmann
@LuhmannAudrey
Abuse survivor/advocate, mama bear, lover of truth and beauty
Feb 3 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I post about abuse of power, observing how leaders misuse their power & harm those they should protect.

Donald Trump just shut down a government agency (USAID) w/ no due process & no Congressional involvement, much less authorization.

Who will suffer? Those less powerful. 🧵 USAID has existed since 1961 (started by JFK) and does (or did) humanitarian and development work in over 100 countries worldwide. It was the largest funder of global health programs in the world.
Nov 12, 2024 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned for failure to respond to reports of child abuse.

@The_ACNA, it's time to talk. 🧵 (18-post thread)

bbc.com/news/live/cj50… From 2007-2021, @The_ACNA @AnglicanDOMA @TheFallsChurch leaders heard reports of child sexual abuse by former pastor Jeff Taylor. They did not call authorities, notify the congregation, or initiate an investigation until 2023.

Because of their inaction,Taylor continued to abuse.
Sep 14, 2024 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Abp. Steve Wood, you recently explained that you discovered last year "our court is only able to entertain one trial at a time."

You learned this while serving on the Trial Court itself. 1/7

WHY couldn't you, Abp. Wood - or ANY member of the Trial Court - explain this before now?

Signatories of the Ruch presentment even reached out to the Trial Court to ask about the schedule and what to expect in NOVEMBER, 2023. Twice.

No one wrote back. 2/7 Image
Aug 28, 2024 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Fr. @PostCnsumrChris was threatened by unidentified "Provincial leaders" via his @The_ACNA bishop. (Listen to brief episode below for more explanation.)

About whom am I curious? Whom do I wish would speak up? 🧵

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/res… 1) Bp. Stewart Ruch himself and/or his diocesan chancellor.

We already know that Ruch's former Advising Chancellor, Alec Smith, wrote Abp. Foley Beach in 2022 to complain about the harm being caused to Ruch.

(For full letter: , link under "Secrecy.") acnatoo.org/acna-witnesses…
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Aug 12, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
A public letter to warn against participating in any investigation by @TeliosLaw.

Witnesses felt misrepresented in individual summaries they received, & they were shocked by the investigation firm's practice of reading names aloud during witness... 🧵

docs.google.com/document/d/1C1… ...interviews and asking witnesses to rank the credibility of each individual. Atty. Theresa Sidebotham read names that weren't clergy/staff & who hadn't made a public complaint, revealing the likelihood that they had reported.
Jun 19, 2024 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Survivors' voices have been taken away again, this time by yet another @The_ACNA bishop unwilling to stand against pressure from other leaders.

Please consider why this pause was demanded, and by whom. Who benefits from the silence?

Not survivors. 🧵

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wal…
I am reminded of the parable of the Good Samaritan.

In 2021, I thought @MidwestAnglican Bp. Stewart Ruch & other leaders would see the need & stop to care for "ones on the roadside." Then I thought our @The_ACNA Archbishop, Foley Beach, would come to the rescue.
Jun 12, 2024 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Across @The_ACNA, survivors of abuse who have attempted to follow the "official channels" and "trust the process" have found themselves dismissed, ignored, or frozen out.

Brother bishops, are you listening? Will the echoes of survivors' cries be heard in your conclave next week? Reports go unanswered. Promises to follow up go unfulfilled.

Mandated reporting does not happen, and there is no repercussion.

Inappropriate conduct is tolerated and overlooked.

Interview notes, sermon recordings, transcripts, contracts, and emails go missing or remain hidden.
Jun 9, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Today a brave girl turns 15. @MidwestAnglican, Bp. Stewart Ruch, remember her?

@The_ACNA leaders, you've shown yourselves to be no more noble - nor truthful - than the Wizard of Oz. The Purple Wall of Silence rejects the sheep & protects the "shepherds."


Image Last year, Bp. Stewart Ruch called a fast on this day, after Archbishop Foley Beach revealed publicly that Ruch had months before successfully appealed for a Stay Order, a halt and gag order on his canonical disciplinary process.

Jun 4, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
"Either I believe this disgusting, incomprehensible story he's telling me, or I realize that my neighbor who's been in this community for more than 20 years and is a married church leader with four kids is also actually a rapist and a cold-blooded liar."

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-… This is the moment where an abuse victim's life changes forever.

When the truth seems more improbable than the reality they have always known, the battle is already over.

And the abuser knows this.

May 22, 2024 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Friday will mark 200 days since the last public communication from @The_ACNA about @MidwestAnglican Bp. Stewart Ruch's trial.

Ab. Foley's promise from July, 2021:
"We will provide timely updates as this process moves forward."

IS it moving forward? 🧵1/4
anglicanchurch.net/a-letter-from-… I am heartened to see 50+ clergy publicly voicing their disagreement with the silence.

But I am also disappointed. I thought there would be more of you. Where are you? Do you really think the silence - and the bishops' refusal to inhibit Ruch - is fine?

Apr 14, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
565 days since investigation of child/adult sex abuse mishandling ended. The @The_ACNA bishop in question continues to lead.

"Be patient, trust the process," they say.

"I don't have power. I'm not told anything."

"This is just a really sad situation."

Bishops, enough. Properly redacted @HuschBlackwell report:

dropbox.com/s/hr74mfwi33e3…
Apr 11, 2024 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
After allegations of child & adult sex abuse mishandling by the @MidwestAnglican bishop were made public in 2021, leaders in @The_ACNA were made aware of another bishop's mishandling of clergy domestic violence.

Their response was to place the survivor in greater danger. .@The_ACNA International Diocese Chancellor Jeff Garrety sent the alleged survivor's report to all named parties without informing the survivor. He also gave specific guidance to those accused, but left the survivor with only a copy of "the appropriate canons."

See email below. Image
Apr 10, 2024 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday @ACNAtoo published an account of failed pastoral responses to disclosures of domestic violence, reports of child abuse, and complaints of sexual harassment. These failures went all the way to @The_ACNA's top leadership.

Why should we care? 🧵

acnatoo.org/international-… Sadly, our churches and their leaders are rarely safe for survivors of domestic violence to disclose the abuse they are experiencing. When they most need support, it is not given.

We must prioritize educating ourselves about domestic violence.

acnatoo.org/acnatoo-blog/h…
Dec 12, 2023 • 29 tweets • 8 min read
When an individual discloses clergy abuse, it should be equivalent to a 5-alarm fire for any denomination. Missional work should cease, & all focus should turn to response: bringing in an outside investigator & finding proper care for all involved.

It is a Church emergency. 🧵 But what often happens instead?

The individual(s) bringing complaints are given assurance that "there are official channels for this," and that the leadership truly does care, "it just takes time..."

Oct 5, 2023 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
"Rachel… was the music leader & pastor at an ACNA congregation, but she lost her job. Why? She lost her job because of leadership mishandling & spiritual abuse in a case of misconduct toward a family member.

Go back and think of those words again…” 🧵

x.com/PostCnsumrChri… “There truly are consequences for those who address abuse within their churches, and if leadership is unwilling to take proper action to hold abusers accountable.

She stood up and raised the alarm about something that happened, and the consequence was that she lost her job.”
Sep 4, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Part IV [final] breakdown of @MidwestAnglican's investigation FAQ. 4 questions to go!

Q#14 I think they meant to say "certain clergy members' [plural] pastoral practice." Grammar renders it unclear.

How many leaders were investigated? Image
Sep 4, 2023 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
Part III of the analysis of @MidwestAnglican's investigation FAQ.

Q#9: The answer to "Is there another Presentment?" omits a necessary fact. Can you spot it? (answer next) Image
Sep 4, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Let's continue examining @MidwestAnglican investigation FAQ. This is Part II to my previous thread.

Q#6 explains trial composition/process.

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.

For reference: anglicanchurch.net/update-on-the-…
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Sep 1, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Let's examine closely @MidwestAnglican's careful delivery of investigation info regarding Bp. Stewart Ruch (published 8.29.23).

For full reference:


Let's fact check, shall we? midwestanglican.org/investigationf…
The wording used in Q#1 is misleading. Compare to the wording of @The_ACNA's Constitution & Canons (see next).

Also note that this explanation gives the reader the impression that only 6 @MidwestAnglican members signed the presentment against Bp. Ruch. Image
Mar 21, 2023 • 12 tweets • 9 min read


Present at a 2022 @MidwestAnglican Bp's Council meeting: 3 attorneys representing @MidwestAnglican & 3 attorneys from @The_ACNA.

Attorney for Bp. Stewart Ruch suggests using "wording that is carful [sic] in terms of a legal and litigation perspective." So many ways @The_ACNA, @MidwestAnglican, and other dioceses have used lawyers to obscure truth.

Below, @The_ACNA COO/PRT leader/future @ADChristOurHope Bp. Alan Hawkins last year to PRT members, re: unseen @HuschBlackwell contract. Names = lawyers.
Mar 15, 2023 • 13 tweets • 8 min read
For the past 6 months, parishioners & clergy have called upon @The_ACNA to release the properly redacted @HuschBlackwell report.

@The_ACNA has been completely silent. Why?

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...