Archbishop Mark MacDonald

Mark MacDonald has resigned as national Indigenous archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada and formally relinquished his exercise of ordained ministry ...

I trust that the good work that the Sacred Circle has initiated will continue to deepen and grow.” Nicholls said the church’s prayers first and foremost must be for the complainant affected by MacDonald’s actions. Our hearts hold compassion for human frailty and space for repentance while we also ache with the pain that such betrayal causes first to the complainant; then to so many others and to the life of our Church.”

Mark MacDonald was the first national Anglican archbishop responsible for representing Indigenous church members when he was appointed in 2007.

The Anglican Church of Canada first apologized to survivors in 1993. The church also ran a number of day schools for Indigenous children. An estimated 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools. Information about Bishop MacDonald has since been removed. Bishop Sidney Black, the Indigenous Bishop of Treaty 7 territory within the Diocese of Calgary, is to fill the roll in the interim, Rev. Nicholls said. Rev. Linda Nicholls, who is primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said in a letter posted to the church’s website that prayers should be directed to the complainant.

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“Profound cultural change is needed, starting with a clear repudiation of cronyism and corruption. Right now, we cannot see how any survivors of sexual violence or other ecclesial abuses can trust an organization that treats disclosures so cavalierly,” says an open letter signed by the complainants and hundreds of others, including church officials and ordained clergy. Their allegations were then circulated to the specific institutions they complained of, according to the letter. MacDonald, 68, became Canada’s first National Indigenous Anglican Bishop in 2007. We continue to work for respect and dignity in all our relationships,” the church said in a written statement. Article content

(RNS) — Mark MacDonald was national Indigenous Anglican archbishop of the ACC and is known for his climate justice advocacy.

“We mourn with them.” Sacred Circles are national gatherings of Indigenous Anglicans, according to the ACC website. MacDonald had been national Indigenous Anglican archbishop of the ACC since 2019. “This is devastating news,” the letter said.