Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
We write to you in the waning days of this Lenten season with our eyes fixed firmly on the hope we find in Jesus Christ, his death and resurrection.
Linked below you will find three documents that represent our latest attempts to seek justice and to improve the tribunal process in the Anglican Church in North America.
The first is a detailed letter from the Standing Committee to the Executive Committee of the ACNA dated February 20, 2026. In this eight page letter, we lay out in great detail our concerns from the ruling in the Bishop Ruch case that bring to question the process of future trials in the Province. In our letter, we ask the Executive Committee to respond to six particular requests on or before today. We also promise what we are doing today, which is releasing our letter and their response to you.
The other two letters are their responses. The first is a brief letter dated February 26, 2026 in which a few of the Standing Committee along with Bishop Edgar are invited to a private meeting to discuss and come to a mutual understanding. Our response to this request is that we are willing to meet but only with our whole Standing Committee and with no promise of confidentiality since our singular purpose is shining light into the process of justice in the Province.
The final letter dated March 20, 2026 represents the official response of the Executive Committee to our February 20, 2026 letter. I commend it to your careful reading. We have just received this letter and have not had time to process it together but will communicate more as we continue in this process.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
For the Standing Committee,
Faithfully,
The Very Rev. Shay Gaillard
President, ADOSC Standing Committee
