‘Batshit’ preacher sacked by his own church for nazi salute

By Searchlight Team

Well, Calvin Robinson, the batshit and increasingly self-important preacher, thought he was being so funny, and so clever, when he topped off a speech to the far-right Pro-Life Summit in Washington DC by mimicking Elon Musk’s nazi salute. He left the stage to wild applause, grinning smugly.

Unfortunately for him, there were others who didn’t find it at all amusing, including his own church, the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC), which promptly sacked him.

The ACC has been Robinson’s church since September when he decamped from the UK to take charge of an ACC parish in West Michigan, whose congregation believed he had been selected for them by God. He said if he stayed in Britain he feared being assassinated by some “some anonymous Mohammedan” or arrested by Keir Starmer’s ‘satanic’ government, and so he jetted off to a rather cosy, and lucrative, billet on the Great Lakes.

But the ACC authorities have obviously had enough of his far-right preening and self-promotion. They issued a statement which did not mince its words, revoking his license as a minister in the Church and stating unequivocally, that even if intended as a joke, such actions are unacceptable because they “…trivialise the horror of the Holocaust, and diminish the sacrifice of those who fought against its perpetrators. Such actions are harmful, divisive, and contrary to the tenets of Christian charity”.

The full statement reads:

“At approximately 3:00 pm today (1/29) members of the College of Bishops of the ACC were made aware of a post made on X showing the end of a speech made by Calvin Robinson at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, DC. In it, he closed his comments with a gesture that many have interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute.

“While we cannot say what was in Mr. Robinson’s heart when he did this, his action appears to have been an attempt to curry favor with certain elements of the American political right by provoking its opposition.

“Mr. Robinson had been warned that online trolling and other such actions (whether in service of the left or right) are incompatible with a priestly vocation and was told to desist. Clearly, he has not, and as such, his license in this Church has been revoked. He is no longer serving as a priest in the ACC.

“Furthermore, we understand that this is not just an administrative matter. The Holocaust was an episode of unspeakable horror, enacted by a regime of evil men. We condemn Nazi ideology and anti-Semitism in all its forms. And we believe that those who mimic the Nazi salute, even as a joke or an attempt to troll their opponents, trivialize the horror of the Holocaust and diminish the sacrifice of those who fought against its perpetrators. Such actions are harmful, divisive, and contrary to the tenets of Christian charity.

“Finally, we pray that God will give us grace to lay aside our unhappy divisions, and we commend our nation and ourselves to his Almighty protection.”

Where this leaves Robinson’s US ministry remains to be seen. Without a licence from the Church, it is difficult to see how he can remain in his West Michigan post. But we will have to await developments.

The downside, of course, if that if he loses his US parish he will almost certainly be forced to return to the UK where he is close chums with the likes of Tommy Robinson and Katy Hopkins, and remains a UKIP NEC member and the party’s ‘Lead Spokesman on Everything’.

From this prospect we can only say, Oh Lord, deliver us…