{"id":147142,"date":"2026-09-09T12:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147142"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:28:53","slug":"rns-church-trial-of-anglican-archbishop-steve-wood-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-began-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147142","title":{"rendered":"(RNS) Church trial of Anglican Archbishop Steve Wood, accused of sexual misconduct, began Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, Steve Wood, will face a church trial starting on Monday (Sept. 7). It\u2019s the young denomination\u2019s first trial of a sitting archbishop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He faces three charges: violation of ordination vows, abuse of church power and sexual immorality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur young Province finds itself&nbsp;in&nbsp;a challenging and uncomfortable season,\u201d Julian Dobbs, who has taken over the archbishop\u2019s duties, wrote in an email to the denomination on Tuesday. \u201cOur unity, fervor, and faith are surely being tested.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/09\/03\/church-tiral-of-anglican-archbishop-steve-wood-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-begins-monday\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">(RNS) \u2014 \u2018Our young Province finds itself in a challenging and uncomfortable season,\u2019 Julian Dobbs, who has taken over the archbishop\u2019s duties, wrote in an email to the denomination on Tuesday. \u2018Our unity, fervor, and faith are surely being tested.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eyrrP5OR4I\">https:\/\/t.co\/eyrrP5OR4I<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RNS (@RNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNS\/status\/2097354328491135353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, Steve Wood, will face a church trial starting on Monday (Sept. 7). It\u2019s the young denomination\u2019s first trial of a sitting archbishop. He faces three charges: violation of ordination vows, abuse<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=147142\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,63,168,435,184,177,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina","category-anglican-church-in-north-america-acna","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry","category-pastoral-theology","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147146,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147142\/revisions\/147146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}