Our blog contains ACNAtoo statements and updates, community resources written by the ACNAtoo team, articles on abuse-related topics by outside experts, and more.
Done and Left Undone: One Year since Husch Blackwell
Anniversaries serve as important milestones that mark what has been done and what has been left undone. We offer a brief summary of some ongoing cases regarding abuse allegations and pending institutional response in the ACNA, each of which is tied up in a drawn-out canonical process with no end in sight.
FAQs about the UMD Investigation and GRACE
We recently learned that there is some confusion around ACNAtoo’s position regarding the investigative firm GRACE and the upcoming investigation into the mishandling of sexual abuse allegations in the ACNA Diocese of the Upper Midwest. The following FAQs are designed to answer some of the questions we’ve received.
Investigations 101: Public Contract & Scope
ACNAtoo has cited several major concerns with the Province's announcement of an investigation firm, which we will explore in this 3-part series. In Part Twp, we focus on the public contract and scope of an investigation.
Investigations 101: Waiving Attorney-Client Privilege
ACNAtoo has cited several major concerns with the Province's announcement of an investigation firm, which we will explore in this 3-part series. In Part One, we focus on the Province’s refusal to waive attorney-client privilege.
A Petition to the Province
Of the two firms chosen by the PRT, it is our opinion that neither one meets even the basic criteria for trauma-informed and survivor-centered investigations. Not only do these firms fail to meet minimum standards, but their own words stand in blatant disregard of survivors' carefully stated requests to the Upper Midwest Diocese and the Province to make the investigation safe for survivors to participate in.
Dear Jane: Why We Do What We Do
A number of weeks ago our team received a thoughtful, charitable, yet concerned email from an ACNA member who, while deeply committed to supporting victims of abuse in the church, expressed concern about the methods our team has utilized in our advocacy work. This piece is an adaptation of our response and we hope it can be helpful and illuminating to any who share the letter writer’s concerns.
Fr. Keith and the Case of the Missing Correction
The Province alerted ACNAtoo that Fr. Keith Hartsell would issue a public correction on October 31 regarding his misleading comments from September 5. However, the audio of the 10/31/21 livestream goes silent for 5:54 during the announcements. If any correction was issued, it was masked by this silence.
