[citation needed] He was raised as a high church Presbyterian and in the Charismatic movement, but he felt more attracted to Anglicanism when he joined Wheaton College and first read the Book of Common Prayer.
He left the Episcopal Church, because of disagreements with the leadership of the denomination and what he perceived as liberalism, particularly on the subject of homosexuality and sexual ethics, and particularly in the sermons and writings of the Bishop of Chicago Frank T. Griswold.
[1] He and Baroness Caroline Cox escaped narrowly an ambush by Islamist Fulani herdsmen during a visit to Jos Plateau State, in Nigeria, on 14 November 2016.
[3] The leave of absence followed disclosures that Mark Rivera, lay catechist at Christ Our Light Anglican Church in Big Rock, Illinois, had been arrested in 2019 and charged with felony sexual assault and predatory abuse of a victim under 13 years of age.
[15] The lawsuit argues that the young girl, who is referred to as Jane Doe, experienced mental anguish and emotional and physical pain because of the church's negligence, and requests over $50,000 in damages.
[18] On August 15, 2023 and November 6, 2023, the Anglican Church in North America announced that two sets of allegations of abuse mishandling against Ruch would advance to an ecclesiastical trial.