Michigan priest’s licence revoked after mimicking Elon Musk’s gesture, interpreted by some as a Nazi salute
Michigan priest had his licence revoked by the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) after mimicking a gesture made by Elon Musk during a speech earlier this month.
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Calvin Robinson, who is listed as the priest-in-charge of St. Paul's Anglican Catholic Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, performed a gesture at the end of a January 25 speech at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, D.C., which some interpreted as a Nazi salute.
Details of the Statemens
The ACC released a statement on January 28, announcing that Calvin Robinson’s “license in this Church has been revoked” after he made a “gesture that many have interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute.”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 favour with certain elements of the American political right by provoking its opposition," the statement read. «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 Clearly, he has not, and as such, his license in this Church has been revoked.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,” read the statement.
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