Institutional Accountability

The Anglican Church in North America’s Board of Inquiry said Friday it found probable cause for formal charges against Archbishop Stephen Wood—including sexual immorality, violating ordination vows, and conduct giving just cause for scandal/abuse of ecclesiastical power—sending the case to a church trial. Wood, suspended since November and denying wrongdoing, has been temporarily replaced by Bishop Julian Dobbs for archbishop duties and Acting Bishop David Bryan in the Diocese of the Carolinas; ACNA counts about 130,000 members in roughly 1,000 U.S. and Canadian congregations.