The Anglican Catholic Church in Michigan, which withdrew Calvin Robinson’s licence to minster in January, has accused the far-right clergyman of using “rhetoric that was clearly and intentionally anti-Semitic”.
The ACC had been Robinson’s church since last September when he decamped from the UK to take charge of an ACC parish in Grand Rapids, West Michigan. At the time he said that if he stayed in Britain he feared being assassinated by some “some anonymous Mohammedan” or arrested by Keir Starmer’s ‘satanic’ government.
After his much-publicised nazi salute at a right-wing rally in Washington DC, the church withdrew his license to minister, 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”.
Robinson made repeated complaints online that this was unjust, and that he had received no warnings that the church was concerned about his political activities. This, however, has now prompted the church to issue a lengthy letter to its clergy, setting out the repeated warnings that were issued to Robinson, and elaborating on the concerns that were raised about his behaviour.
The most damning section
“In December of 2024, Robinson began posting about Judaism, starting with a post on X (formerly Twitter) about the Talmud. Although it was framed as ‘just asking questions’ and ‘being antiZionist, not anti-Semitic, it was based on contested scholarship and succeeded in stirring up controversy.
“Robinson then began to use certain rhetoric that was clearly and intentionally anti-Semitic, i.e., “noticing”. While the term itself may seem innocuous, it is used within certain online circles as a code-word for ‘becoming aware of the extent to which Jews control government, culture, the media, finance, etc.’
“Posts, such as this one, featuring a Jewish politician from the Netherlands named Job Cohen, illustrate Robinson’s familiarity with the term and its implications. One of Robinson’s more prominent posts about ‘noticing’ drew favorable attention from people with extreme anti-Semitic views, eliciting responses featuring memes of Hitler and Holocaust denial.
“As of February 10th, 2025, Robinson has not removed or condemned any of these responses.
“The principal “noticing” post was made on December 4th. On December 9th Robinson invited Joel Webbon onto his YouTube show, “Bros with Fros.” Webbon is a pastor at the Covenant Bible Church in Austin, Texas, and a public figure whose antisemitic priors are well established.
“During the course of the interview, Robinson sat nodding while Webbon stated, “religiously, spiritually, Judaism, I believe, is a pernicious evil,” and while he eventually replied that he wanted to “push back” on that statement, he never did. Instead, Robinson said, “I think Islam is perniciously evil, but I haven’t heard it argued that Judaism is, so I’d love to hear your argument for that.”
“He then gave Webbon the floor.”
Confronted about this, Robinson denied he was an antisemite.
Despite now living in the USA, Robinson still holds the position of ‘Lead Spokesman’ in UKIP, and is a member of the party’s NEC.
Meanwhile, true to form, he is once again passing round the collection plate – in the form of a another grifting crowdfunder.
Rattling the begging bowl
This time, the begging bowl is being rattled on his behalf by another far-right cleric, UK-based Brett Murphy, who is billing Robinson, absurdly, as “The most cancelled man alive”.
They are attempting to raise $300k to buy him in Grand Rapids, East Michigan, “his own house with a built-in media studio as a base of operations for his local and worldwide ministry alike”.
Curiously, when he first went to take up his new ministry in Grand Rapids, he said that his congregation was so enthused at his appointment (they believed he had been chosen by God) that they were themselves going to fund the studio from which he might conduct his far-right media ministry. They must have changed their minds. Who knows?
Like Robinson, Murphy is a supporter of ‘Tommy Robinson’ (aka Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, and no relation) and appeared on the platform at the ‘Stop Isolation’ (sic) rally in support of Yaxley-Lennon in London a few weeks ago (below). Last year Murphy, an Australian who settled in England, was expelled from the Free Church of England because of the “nature and tone” of his far-right YouTube videos. One of these called female priests “witches.”
It was reported that he subsequently joined the little-known Anglican Church Traditional of the Philippines.
Read more about Robinson in this article: ‘Batshit’ preacher sacked by his own church for nazi salute
