🧵 On Thursday, November 3, ACNAtoo received documentation and an assertion from @ChurchRez Deacon @Wwchester challenging the veracity of an entry in our recent Timeline installment.
acnatoo.org/acnatoo-news/statement-on-the-recent-challenge
.@wwchester's request indicates that he believes Helen's recollection is a false statement that impugns Bp. Ruch's character, and he offers Cn. Brenda's email as evidence.
However, Helen's account states that she believes her recollections to be accurate and does not see Brenda's email as contradicting them.
Helen stands by her statement that Bp. Ruch affirmed in the July Zoom meeting that Rachael Denhollander had, for an unknown reason, canceled her appointment with the UMD.
She holds to the assertion that news of this cancellation precipitated subsequent speculation as to why Rachael would have done such a thing and conversation about how to proceed in the wake of this disappointing news.
We have therefore concluded that the public correction we initially planned to make is not warranted, and we have returned Helen’s original testimony regarding this Zoom call to our Timeline.
We will also be adding a link to this explanation and its additional documentation provided by @ChurchRez to the same Timeline post.
acnatoo.org/piecing-it-all-together-part-5 .
We appreciate @Wwchester bringing this email to our attention. If anyone has further documentation or testimony concerning the events in question, they are welcome to reach out to us at info@acnatoo.org.
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