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Mark MacDonald, the National Indigenous Archbishop, has resigned after being accused of and acknowledging sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n
The Anglican Church of Canada announced this today here<\/a>, along with a pastoral letter from the Primate, Linda Nicholls.<\/p>\n All evidence of MacDonald\u2019s clerical existence has been expunged from the ACoC\u2019s website, which until a short time ago said this<\/a>:<\/p>\n The Most Rev. Mark MacDonald became the Anglican Church of Canada\u2019s first National Indigenous Anglican Bishop in 2007,\u00a0 after serving as bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Diocese of Alaska for 10 years. In 2019 now Bishop MacDonald was elevated to Archbishop.<\/p>\n This was a home-coming of sorts for Archbishop MacDonald, who had attended Wycliffe College in Toronto and served as a priest in Mississauga, Ont.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As Nicholls notes in her pastoral letter:<\/p>\n This is devastating news. The sense of betrayal is deep and profound when leaders fail to live up to the standards we expect and the boundaries we set.<\/p>\n [\u2026.]<\/p>\n The ripple effects of this misconduct will be felt throughout the Church both in Canada and internationally, but most especially within the Sacred Circle and Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mark MacDonald, the National Indigenous Archbishop, has resigned after being accused of and acknowledging sexual misconduct. The Anglican Church of Canada announced this today here, along with a pastoral letter from the Primate, Linda Nicholls. All evidence of MacDonald\u2019s clerical … Continue reading