A Michigan priest was relieved of his duties after giving what appeared to be a Nazi salute inspired by Elon Musk at a political rally last week. The Anglican Catholic Church condemned Father Calvin Robinson for making “a gesture that many have interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute” at the end of an address to an anti-abortion, right-wing contingent in Washington, D.C. “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 Anglican Catholic Church has punished the Michigan priest who mimicked Elon Musk's controversial gesture by revoking his license, meaning he can no longer serve in any of the church's dioceses. British conservative Calvin Robinson, who briefly held the role of priest-in-charge at St. Paul's Anglican Catholic Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, attended the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, D.C., on January 25. Following his speech, he made the same straight-armed gesture used by Musk during his Inauguration Day speech, even repeating, "my heart goes out to you." He pinned...

The church announced it dismissed Calvin Robinson as a priest and rescinded his license after he made the gesture at the end of his speech Saturday during the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, D.C. “The Holocaust was an episode of unspeakable horror, enacted by a regime of evil men,” the Anglican Catholic Church said in a statement on its website. “We condemn Nazi ideology and anti-Semitism in all its forms.” The statement continued, “And we believe that those who mimic the Nazi salute, even as a joke or an attempt...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Anglican Catholic Church has removed a Grand Rapids priest for making an alleged Nazi salute. Calvin Robinson, priest-in-charge at St. Paul’s Anglican Catholic Church, was defrocked Thursday, Jan. 29, after church leadership learned he’d made the controversial salute to a crowd at the National Pro-Life Summit on Jan. 25 in Washington, D.C. The moment was captured in a video posted on Bluesky by Right Wing Watch, which described Robinson’s gesture as an “Elon Musk salute.” “America as far as I can see is the only...

The Anglican Catholic Church (ACC) has defrocked Father Calvin Robinson after the priest went viral for mimicking a recent gesture by Elon Musk that really, really looked like a Nazi salute. In a statement released Wednesday, the leadership of the ACC wrote that “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.” In his closing...