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Church bans vicar Stephen Sizer from social media over antisemitic posts

February 9, 2015 11:54
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Josh Jackman,

Josh Jackman

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A vicar who posted a link to an article suggesting Israel carried out the 9/11 attacks has been banned from saying anything about the Middle East on any platform.

Rev Stephen Sizer has been told not to write, speak, tweet or blog on the subject, and also cannot use social media for six months without being relieved of his position.

There is no guarantee that the vicar's social media ban will be lifted after this time, but his position as priest in charge at Christ Church Virginia Water in Surrey is safe.

The Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Revd Andrew Watson, said that the vicar’s anti-Zionist comments had become a liability to the Church, and apologised to British Jewry for the vicar's antisemitic post.