{"id":141155,"date":"2025-11-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141155"},"modified":"2025-11-08T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T16:02:14","slug":"a-major-living-church-story-with-yet-more-about-the-ongoing-acna-leadership-crisis-story-it-includes-an-8-page-letter-at-the-end-which-is-must-reading-acna-archbishop-faces-second-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=141155","title":{"rendered":"A Major Living Church story with YET MORE about the ongoing ACNA leadership crisis story (it includes an 8 page letter at the end which is MUST reading)–ACNA Archbishop Faces Second Sexual Misconduct Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the evening of November 7, the ACNA announced<\/a> that Sutton recused himself from the Wood matter \u201cto ensure the utmost objectivity in these proceedings,\u201d and that Sutton had appointed the Rt. Rev. Julian Dobbs to appoint, in turn, a three-member panel of bishops to \u201creview and approve the composition\u201d of the already-selected Board of Inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the Board of Inquiry has already been impaneled, we have every reason to believe that Bishop Sutton was involved, [and] we have no reason to believe that such a board is trustworthy,\u201d Miller told TLC. \u201cAs eager as we are to see this move quickly, a new board, organized without the involvement of the archbishop\u2019s staff, nor of Bishop Sutton, will have to be appointed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no good moving quickly if you\u2019re headed in the wrong direction,\u201d he said, adding that Sutton\u2019s recusal and the three-member panel\u2019s future review of board members would be a \u201cstep in the right direction\u201d if the panel members were known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these new charges, the complainants\u2019 cover letter criticizes communications by the ACNA\u2019s provincial office and by some individual bishops that suggested the complainants took their allegations to the Post<\/em> before attempting to use the canonical disciplinary channels of the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A timeline in the letter outlines the process the complainants say they followed. Claire Buxton, who alleges that Archbishop Wood made continual sexual advances toward her, alerted one priest of her complaint four days after Wood\u2019s election in June 2024, and another priest a month later, who informed the Rt. Rev. Chip Edgar, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina, the document said. Edgar\u2019s diocese overlaps with Wood\u2019s Diocese of the Carolinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

New for @Livng_Church<\/a>: Complainants say they tried to canonically advance accusations against ACNA Archbishop Steve Wood for more than a year, and question the possibility of a fair hearing while he retains his powers.https:\/\/t.co\/pDcdtrUhGE<\/a><\/p>— Arlie Coles (@ArlieColes) November 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>